# Boucardicus

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Boucardicus
|image = Madecataulus goudoti (MNHN-IM-2000-31764).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of ''Boucardicus goudoti'' (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
|authority = [Fischer-Piette](/source/%C3%89douard_Fischer-Piette) & Bedoucha, 1965<ref>Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha (1965). ''Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris'' (N.S.) (A) '''33''': 63.</ref>
|type_species = ''Acroptychia notabilis'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1892</small> 
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
|synonyms = ''Madecataulus'' <small>Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965</small>
|display_parents= 3
}}

'''''Boucardicus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [land snail](/source/land_snail)s with an [operculum](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)), [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_molluscs) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the family [Hainesiidae](/source/Hainesiidae).<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995564 on 2021-06-20</ref>

It is [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), consist 199 species and 5 subspecies.<ref name="Balashov & Griffiths 2015">Balashov I. & Griffiths O. (2015). "Two new species of minute land snails from Madagascar: ''Boucardicus monchenkoi'' sp. nov. and ''B. ambindaensis'' sp. nov. (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". ''[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)''. '''4052'''(2): 237-240. {{doi|10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.9}}</ref> Type species is ''[Boucardicus notabilis](/source/Boucardicus_notabilis)'' (Smith, 1892).<ref name="Balashov & Griffiths 2015"/> Included species are very diverse, some species are medium-sized (about 10&nbsp;mm) with conical shell, some are small (height 1.5-3.5&nbsp;mm) with cylindrical "pupilloid-like" shell.<ref name="Balashov & Griffiths 2015"/>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Boucardicus'' include:
* ''[Boucardicus notabilis](/source/Boucardicus_notabilis)'' (type species)
* ''[Boucardicus albocinctus](/source/Boucardicus_albocinctus)''
* ''[Boucardicus ambindaensis](/source/Boucardicus_ambindaensis)''<ref name="Balashov & Griffiths 2015"/>
* ''[Boucardicus antiquus](/source/Boucardicus_antiquus)''
* ''[Boucardicus carylae](/source/Boucardicus_carylae)''
* ''[Boucardicus culminans](/source/Boucardicus_culminans)''
* ''[Boucardicus curvifolius](/source/Boucardicus_curvifolius)''
* ''[Boucardicus delicatus](/source/Boucardicus_delicatus)''
* ''[Boucardicus divei](/source/Boucardicus_divei)''
* ''[Boucardicus esetrae](/source/Boucardicus_esetrae)''
* ''[Boucardicus fidimananai](/source/Boucardicus_fidimananai)''
* ''[Boucardicus fortistriatus](/source/Boucardicus_fortistriatus)''
* ''[Boucardicus goudoti](/source/Boucardicus_goudoti)'' <small>(Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965)</small>
* ''[Boucardicus magnilobatus](/source/Boucardicus_magnilobatus)''
* ''[Boucardicus mahermanae](/source/Boucardicus_mahermanae)''
* ''[Boucardicus monchenkoi](/source/Boucardicus_monchenkoi)''<ref name="Balashov & Griffiths 2015"/>
* ''[Boucardicus rakotoarisoni](/source/Boucardicus_rakotoarisoni)''
* ''[Boucardicus randalanai](/source/Boucardicus_randalanai)''
* ''[Boucardicus simplex](/source/Boucardicus_simplex)''
* ''[Boucardicus tridentatus](/source/Boucardicus_tridentatus)''
* ''[Boucardicus victorhernandezi](/source/Boucardicus_victorhernandezi)''
* ''[Boucardicus anjarae](/source/Boucardicus_anjarae)''<ref name="Emberton 2010">Emberton K C., Slapcinsky J., Campbell C. A., Rakotondrazafy J. A., Andriamiarison T. N. & Emberton J. D. (2010). "Terrestrial mollusks of Andriantantely Massif, Eastern Madagascar, with descriptions of 36 new species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda; Pulmonata)". ''[Archiv für Molluskenkunde](/source/Archiv_f%C3%BCr_Molluskenkunde)'' '''139'''(1): 71-141. {{doi|10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/071-141}}</ref>
* ''[Boucardicus avo](/source/Boucardicus_avo)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus hetra](/source/Boucardicus_hetra)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus lalinify](/source/Boucardicus_lalinify)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus mahavariana](/source/Boucardicus_mahavariana)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus matoatoa](/source/Boucardicus_matoatoa)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus menoi](/source/Boucardicus_menoi)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus peggyae](/source/Boucardicus_peggyae)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus pulchellus](/source/Boucardicus_pulchellus)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>
* ''[Boucardicus tantelyae](/source/Boucardicus_tantelyae)''<ref name="Emberton 2010"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Emberton, K. C. (2002). The genus Boucardicus, a Madagascan endemic (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae: Alycaeinae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 130 (1-2): 1-199, 35 plates.
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

==External links==
* {{cite journal |last1=Páll-Gergely |first1=B. |title=Boucardicus must have microtunnels! Reassignment of three species into Acroptychia (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Hainesiidae). |journal=Zootaxa |date=2025 |volume=56662 |issue=287-293 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5666.2.9}}

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