Platycochlium Explained

Platycochlium is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Platycochlium includes:

• Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Platycochlium include:

• Platycochlium barnaclei Dance, 1970
• Platycochlium sarawakense Laidlaw, 1950
• Platycochlium saulae Dance, 1970

Notes and References

1. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .