''Boucardicus'' is a

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of land snails with an operculum,

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gastropod

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s in the family

Cyclophoridae Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropo ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995564 on 2021-06-20 It is

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, consist 199 species and 5 subspecies.Balashov I. & Griffiths O. (2015). "Two new species of minute land snails from Madagascar: ''Boucardicus monchenkoi'' sp. nov. and ''B. ambindaensis'' sp. nov. (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". ''

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Boucardicus notabilis ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' (Smith, 1892). Included species are very diverse, some species are medium sized (about 10 mm) with conical shell, some are small (height 1.5-3.5 mm) with cylindrical "pupilloid-like" shell.

Species

Species within the genus ''Boucardicus'' include: * ''

'' (type species) * '' Boucardicus albocinctus'' * ''

Boucardicus antiquus ''Boucardicus antiquus'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Ga ...

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Boucardicus carylae ''Boucardicus carylae'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is thr ...

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Boucardicus culminans ''Boucardicus culminans'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called G ...

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Boucardicus curvifolius ''Boucardicus curvifolius'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is ...

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Boucardicus delicatus ''Boucardicus delicatus'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called G ...

'' * '' Boucardicus divei'' * ''

Boucardicus esetrae ''Boucardicus esetrae'' is a species of land snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat ...

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Boucardicus fidimananai ''Boucardicus fidimananai'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is ...

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Boucardicus fortistriatus ''Boucardicus fortistriatus'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. ...

'' * '' Boucardicus goudoti'' (Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965) * '' Boucardicus magnilobatus'' * '' Boucardicus mahermanae'' * '' Boucardicus rakotoarisoni'' * '' Boucardicus randalanai'' * '' Boucardicus simplex'' * '' Boucardicus tridentatus'' * '' Boucardicus victorhernandezi'' * '' Boucardicus anjarae''Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". ''

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Boucardicus avo ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of M ...

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Boucardicus hetra ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' * '' Boucardicus lalinify'' * '' Boucardicus mahavariana'' * ''

Boucardicus matoatoa ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' * '' Boucardicus menoi'' * ''

Boucardicus peggyae ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of M ...

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Boucardicus pulchellus ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of ...

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Boucardicus tantelyae ''Boucardicus'' is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of ...

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Boucardicus monchenkoi ''Boucardicus monchenkoi'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar, and occurs near Tôlanaro. Etymology The specific name, ''monchen ...

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Boucardicus ambindaensis ''Boucardicus ambindaensis'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar, occurs in Tsingy Beanka reserve, around 50 km east of Maintir ...

References

Cyclophoridae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyclophoridae-stub