''Bostryx'' is a

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of air-breathing

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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Bulimulidae Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tryon, ...

.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' 141(1): 1-20. .MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bostryx Troschel, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866574 on 2020-06-16

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was placed within the

Orthalicidae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase ...

.Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". ''

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is the type genus of the subfamily Bostrycinae, but some species of ''Bostryx'' sensu lato are placed within Bulimulinae. There is need further research to elucidate which subgenera belong to which subfamily.

Distribution

There are 29 species from the genus ''Bostryx'' in

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Ecology

They live under stones and on cacti. ''Bostryx'' feeds on

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Species

Species in the genus ''Bostryx'' include: ''Bostryx'' sensu stricto * ''

Bostryx agueroi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1960 * ''

Bostryx edmundi ''Bostryx edmundi'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. Distribution * The type locality is Yacca (right bank of the , on the road from Cañete to Yauyos), PeruBreure ...

'' Breure & Neubert, 2008 * '' Bostryx longispira'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Bostryx peruvianus'' (Pilsbry, 1944) * ''

Bostryx solutus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Troschel, 1847) - type species of the genus ''Bostryx'' * ''

Bostryx superbus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''

Bostryx torallyi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) ''Bostryx'' sensu lato * ''

Bostryx apodemetes ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * ''

Bostryx bilineatus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) * ''

Bostryx strobeli ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Parodiz, 1956 other Bostryx species: * ''

Bostryx affinis ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''

Bostryx aguilari ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1967

* ''

Bostryx alausiensis ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Cousin, 1887) * ''

Bostryx albicans ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Broderip, 1832) (synonym: ''Bulinus albicans'' Broderio, 1832) * ''

Bostryx anachoreta ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Bostryx anomphalus'' Pilsbry, 1944 * ''

'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Bostryx baeri'' (Dautzenberg, 1901) * '' Bostryx bonneti'' (Ancey, 1902) * ''

Bostryx ceroplasta ''Bostryx ceroplasta'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. Distribution * PeruBreure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous n ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * '' Bostryx conspersus'' (Sowerby, 1833)

* '' Bostryx chusgonensis'' ** ''Bostryx chusgonensis sipas'' Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010 * '' Bostryx delicatulus'' (Philippi, 1867) * '' Bostryx derelictus'' (Broderip, 1832) * '' Bostryx devillei'' Deville & Hupé, 1850; * '' Bostryx elatus'' (Philippi, 1869) * ''

Bostryx eremothauma ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * ''

Bostryx erosus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Broderip, 1832) * '' Bostryx erythrostoma'' (Sowerby, 1833) * '' Bostryx fayssianus'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) * ''

Bostryx fragilis ''Bostryx fragilis'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. The specific name (zoology), specific epithet ''fragilis'' is from the Latin language and means "fragile", it refe ...

'' Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010 * '' Bostryx gayi'' (Rehder, 1945) * '' Bostryx granulatus'' Breure & Neubert, 2008 * '' Bostryx guttatus'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''

Bostryx haasi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1960 * ''

Bostryx hennahi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Gray, 1830) * '' Bostryx holostoma'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * '' Bostryx huascensis'' (Reeve, 1848) * '' Bostryx huayaboensis'' (Dautzenberg, 1901) * '' Bostryx ignobilis'' (Philippi, 1867) * '' Bostryx imeldae'' Weyrauch, 1958 * '' Bostryx inaquosum'' Breure, 1978 * '' Bostryx infundibulum'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) * '' Bostryx iocosensis'' (Dautzenberg, 1901) * '' Bostryx ireneae'' Araya, 2015 * '' Bostryx ischnus'' (Pilsbry, 1902) * '' Bostryx juana'' (Cousin, 1887) * '' Bostryx lactifluus'' (Pfeiffer, 1856) * ''

Bostryx leucostictus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Philippi, 1856) * '' Bostryx lichenorum'' (Orbigny, 1835) * '' Bostryx limensis'' (Reeve, 1849) * '' Bostryx limonoicus'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Bostryx lizarasoae'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Bostryx longispira'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Bostryx louisae'' Breure, 1978 * '' Bostryx luridus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) * ''

Bostryx martinezi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Hylton Scott, 1965) * ''

Bostryx megomphalus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Pilsbry, 1944 * '' Bostryx mejillonensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Bostryx metamorphus'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * ''

Bostryx modestus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Broderip, 1832)

* '' Bostryx philippii'' (Rehder, 1945) * '' Bostryx pruinosus'' (Sowerby, 1833) * '' Bostryx pumilio'' (Rehder, 1945) * '' Bostryx pupiformis'' (Broderip, 1833) * '' Bostryx pustulosus'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''

Bostryx pygmaeus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Bostryx pyrgidium'' (Haas, 1955) * ''

Bostryx raimondianus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * '' Bostryx reedi'' (Parodiz, 1947) * '' Bostryx reentsi'' (Philippi, 1851) * ''

Bostryx rehderi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Bostryx rhodacme'' (Pfeiffer, 1843) * ''

Bostryx rhodolarynx ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Reeve, 1849) * ''

Bostryx rodriguezae ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''

Bostryx roselleus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' Miranda & Cuezzo, 2014 * '' Bostryx rouaulti'' (Hupé, 1854) * ''

Bostryx rudisculptus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Parodiz, 1956) * '' Bostryx rusticellus'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''

Bostryx sagasteguii ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Haas, 1966) * '' Bostryx sandwichensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Bostryx scabiosus'' (Sowerby, 1833) * '' Bostryx scalariformis'' Broderip, 1832

* '' Bostryx scotophilus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * '' Bostryx scutulatus'' (Broderip, 1832) * '' Bostryx serotinus'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Bostryx simpliculus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) * ''

'' (Troschel, 1847) * '' Bostryx sordidus'' Lesson, 1826

* ''

Bostryx spiculatus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Bostryx stelzneri'' (Dohrn, 1875) * ''

'' (Parodiz, 1956) * '' Bostryx styliger'' (Beck, 1837) * '' Bostryx subcactorum'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * '' Bostryx subelatus'' (Haas, 1948) * ''

'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''

'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * '' Bostryx tortoranus'' (Doering, 1879) * '' Bostryx tricinctus'' (Reeve, 1848) * '' Bostryx tschudii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) * ''

Bostryx tubulatus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''

Bostryx tumidulus ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) * ''

Bostryx turritus ''Bostryx turritus'' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae. Distribution * PeruBreure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous not ...

'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''

Bostryx tyleri ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Dall, 1912) * '' Bostryx umbilicaris'' (Souleyet, 1842) * '' Bostryx umbilicatellus'' (Pilsbry, 1896) * '' Bostryx valdovinosi'' Araya, 2015 * '' Bostryx variabilis'' Herm, 1970 * '' Bostryx veruculum'' (Morelet, 1860) * '' Bostryx viarius'' (Pilsbry, 1932) * '' Bostryx vilchezi'' Weyrauch, 1960 * '' Bostryx virgula'' (Haas, 1951) * '' Bostryx virgultorum'' (Morelet, 1863) * '' Bostryx voithianus'' (Pfeiffer, 1847) * ''

Bostryx webbi ''Bostryx'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea u ...

'' (Haas, 1951) * '' Bostryx weyrauchi'' Pilsbry, 1944 * '' Bostryx williamsi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1858) * '' Bostryx willinki'' Weyrauch, 1964 * '' Bostryx woodwardi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) * '' Bostryx zilchi'' Weyrauch, 1958

Synonyms

* ''Ataxellus'' Dall, 1912 * ''Ataxus'' Albers, 1850 * ''Bilamelliferus'' Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Bostryx)'' Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Dentaxis)'' Pilsbry, 1902· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Discobostryx)'' Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Elatibostryx)'' Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Geoceras)'' Pilsbry, 1896 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Geopyrgus)'' Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Kionoptyx)'' F. Haas, 1966· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Lissoacme)'' Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Multifasciatus)'' Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Pampasinus)'' Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Peronaeus)'' Albers, 1860 * ''Bostryx (Phenacotaxus)'' Dall, 1912 * ''Bostryx (Platybostryx)'' Pilsbry, 1896 * ''Bostryx (Pseudoperonaeus)'' Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy) * ''Bostryx (Scansicohlea)'' Pilsbry, 1930· accepted, alternate representation * ''Bostryx (Vermetellus)'' F. Haas, 1951 (junior synonymy) * ''Bulimulus (Ataxus)'' Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy) * ''Bulimulus (Bostryx)'' Troschel, 1847 (original rank) * ''Bulimulus (Lissoacme)'' Pilsbry, 1896 * ''Bulimulus (Peronaeus)'' Albers, 1850 * ''Bulimulus (Scansicochlea)'' F. Haas, 1932 * ''Elatibostryx'' Weyrauch, 1958 * ''Floreziellus'' Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy) * ''Geoceras'' Pilsbry, 1896 * ''Kionoptyx'' Haas, 1966 (junior synonymy) * ''Multifasciatus'' Weyrauch, 1958 * ''Naesiotellus'' Weyrauch, 1967 * ''Naesiotus'' (Naesiotellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy) * ''Pampasinus'' Weyrauch, 1958 * ''Peronaeus'' Albers, 1850 * ''Peronaeus (Lissoacme)'' Pilsbry, 1896 * ''Peronaeus (Peronaeus)'' Albers, 1850 * ''Phenacotaxus'' Dall, 1912 * ''Pseudoperonaeus'' Weyrauch, 1958 * ''Pyrgus'' Albers, 1850

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q4948302 Bulimulidae Gastropod genera