Leucocharis loyaltyensis
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Leucocharis
Species:	†L. loyaltyensis
Binomial name
Leucocharis loyaltyensis
Synonyms
Bulimus loyaltyensis Souverbie, 1879 (original combination) Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1923 Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. luteomarginata Dautzenberg, 1923 Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. subaurantiacofulvida Dautzenberg, 1923 Placostylus (Leucocharis) loyaltyensis (Souverbie, 1879) Placostylus loyaltyensis (Souverbie, 1879)

†Leucocharis loyaltyensis was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species was endemic to New Caledonia.

References

External links

• Souverbie, S.M.; Montrouzier, X. (1879). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel calédonien". Journal de Conchyliologie. 27 (1): 25–34.
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). F. Sarasin & J. Roux (ed.). "Mollusques terrestres de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty". Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. 3 (1): 135–156.
• Franc, A. (1957). "Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'archipel néo-calédonien". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Ser. A (Zoologie). 13: 1–200, 24 pls.
• Barker, G. M.; Brodie, G.; Bogitini, L.; Pippard, H. (2016). "Diversity and current conservation status of Melanesian–New Zealand placostyline land snails (Gastropoda : Bothriembryontidae), with discussion of conservation imperatives, priorities and methodology issues". Pacific Conservation Biology. 22 (3): 203. doi:10.1071/pc14929.