Lord Howe Island land snail (Placostylus bivaricosus)

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Stylommatophora
Family	Orthalicidae
Genus	Placostylus (1)

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1). Subspecies Placostylus bivaricosus ssp. etheridgei classified as Extinct (EX) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Information on the Lord Howe Island land snail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk

• Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

1. IUCN Red List (September, 2009)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org