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Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Auricula aurantiaca Schumacher, 1817 Bulimus bootis Menke, 1828 Bulimus bovinus Bruguière, 1792 Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871 Ellobium australe Röding, 1798 Helix (Cochlogena) aurisbovinus Férussac, 1821 Helix aurismalchi O. F. Müller, 1774 (name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1662) Limax fibratus Martyn, 1784 (original combination) Voluta elongata [Lightfoot], 1786 (objective synonym and placed on Official Index by ICZN 1662)

Placostylus fibratus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae. This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Subspecies

Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855)
Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784)
Placostylus fibratus goroensis (Souverbie, 1870)
Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869)
Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Mousson, 1869)
Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857)

Placostylus fibratus cooked with garlic butter and served at a restaurant on Ile des Pins.

Known locally as bulime, the snails are considered a highly prized delicacy on Ile des Pins and are locally farmed to ensure supply.

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