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Boucardicus

Páll-Gergely, Barna;Ruthensteiner, Bernhard;Harl, Josef;Magonyi, Nóra M.;Asami, Takahiro;Krizsik, Virág;Schwaha, Tomas;Fehér, Zoltán

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Boucardicus

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Boucardicus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Hainesiidae.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderArchitaenioglossa
  5. FamilyAlycaeidae
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Boucardicus
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Boucardicus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Hainesiidae.

It is endemic to Madagascar, consist 199 species and 5 subspecies. 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.

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