''Boucardicus'' is a
genus
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of
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s with an
operculum,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Cyclophoridae.
[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
endemic
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to
Madagascar
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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)". '']Zootaxa
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''. 4052(2): 237-240. Type species is ''
Boucardicus notabilis'' (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:
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Boucardicus notabilis'' (type species)
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Boucardicus albocinctus''
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Boucardicus antiquus''
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Boucardicus carylae''
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Boucardicus culminans''
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Boucardicus curvifolius''
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Boucardicus delicatus''
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Boucardicus divei
''Boucardicus divei'' 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 threat ...
''
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Boucardicus esetrae''
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Boucardicus fidimananai''
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Boucardicus fortistriatus''
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Boucardicus goudoti
''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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(Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965)
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Boucardicus magnilobatus
''Boucardicus magnilobatus'' 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 i ...
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Boucardicus mahermanae
''Boucardicus mahermanae'' 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 t ...
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Boucardicus rakotoarisoni
''Boucardicus rakotoarisoni'' 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 i ...
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* ''
Boucardicus randalanai
''Boucardicus randalanai'' 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 t ...
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* ''
Boucardicus simplex
''Boucardicus simplex'' 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 thre ...
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Boucardicus tridentatus
''Boucardicus tridentatus'' 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 th ...
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* ''
Boucardicus victorhernandezi
''Boucardicus victorhernandezi'' 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. I ...
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* ''
Boucardicus anjarae
''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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[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)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' 139(1): 71-141. ]
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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''
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Boucardicus lalinify''
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Boucardicus mahavariana''
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Boucardicus matoatoa''
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Boucardicus menoi''
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Boucardicus peggyae''
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Boucardicus pulchellus''
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Boucardicus tantelyae''
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Boucardicus monchenkoi''
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Boucardicus ambindaensis''
References
Cyclophoridae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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