Boucardicus | |
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Shell of Boucardicus goudoti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
Family: | Cyclophoridae |
Genus: |
Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965 [1] |
Type species | |
Acroptychia notabilis E. A. Smith, 1892 | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Madecataulus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965 |
Boucardicus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae. [2]
It is endemic to Madagascar, consist 199 species and 5 subspecies. [3] Type species is Boucardicus notabilis (Smith, 1892). [3] 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. [3]
Species within the genus Boucardicus include: