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Placostylus

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q7200423
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Placostylus

Summary

Placostylus is a taxon[1]. Placostylus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Placostylus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Placostylus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Placostylus belongs to the parent taxon Bothriembryontidae[5].
  • Placostylus's scientific name is Placostylus[6].
  • Placostylus's Commons category is recorded as Placostylus[7].
  • Placostylus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Placostylus[8].
  • Placostylus's described by source is recorded as Critter of the Week[9].
  • Placostylus is commonly known as Flax snail[10].

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Classification

Placostylus's scientific name is Placostylus[6]. Placostylus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Placostylus is classified within Bothriembryontidae[5]. Placostylus is commonly known as Flax snail[10].

Identifiers

Placostylus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51760[11]. Placostylus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145429[12]. Placostylus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 9262[13]. Placostylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2294263[14].

Why It Matters

Placostylus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New zealand organisms register id → 389093f2-aaac-4772-95c3-74a918cf254d
    Freebase id → /m/027sjrt
    Topic's main category → Category:Placostylus
    Bold systems taxon id → 6060
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007542097405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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