genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
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)". ''
Zoologische Mededelingen
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sensu stricto
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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
Chile
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(created 27 December 2008 "Chilean Orthalicidae" . 12 pp. accessed 27 December 2010. and numerous species in other countries.
Ecology
They live under stones and on cacti.
''Bostryx'' feeds on
lichens
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus, fungi species in a mutualism (biology), mutualistic relationship.
Species
Species in the genus ''Bostryx'' include:
''Bostryx'' sensu stricto
* '' Bostryx agueroi'' 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...