''Dioryx'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s in the family Alycaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Dioryx Benson, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996199 on 2020-10-21 It was formerly considered a

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of '' Alycaeus''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Dioryx'' include: * '' Dioryx amphora'' (Benson, 1856) * '' Dioryx bacca'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1863) * '' Dioryx cariniger'' Möllendorff, 1897 * '' Dioryx compactus'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Dioryx dautzenbergi'' Páll-Gergely, 2017 * '' Dioryx distortus'' (Haines, 1855) * '' Dioryx dongiensis'' Varga, 1972 * '' Dioryx feddenianus'' (Theobald, 1870) * '' Dioryx globulosus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Dioryx globulus'' (Möllendorff, 1885) * '' Dioryx kobeltianus'' (Möllendorff, 1874) * '' Dioryx menglunensis'' D.-N. Chen & G.-Q. Zhang, 1998 * '' Dioryx messageri'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Dioryx monadicus'' (Heude, 1890) * '' Dioryx pilula'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Dioryx pocsi'' Varga, 1972 * '' Dioryx requiescens'' (J. Mabille, 1887) * '' Dioryx rosea'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Dioryx setchuanensis'' (Heude, 1885) * '' Dioryx swinhoei'' (H. Adams, 1866) * '' Dioryx urceolus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Dioryx urnula'' (Benson, 1853) * '' Dioryx varius'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914)

References

* Bavay, A. & Dautzenberg, P., 1900. Description de coquilles nouvelles de l'Indo-Chine (2ème partie). Journal de Conchyliologie 48: 435-460 * Bavay, A. & Dautzenberg, P., 1900. Diagnose de nouveaux mollusques d'Indo-Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie 48: 108-122 * Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180 * Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017 * Inkhavilay K., Sutcharit C., Bantaowong U., Chanabun R., Siriwut W., Srisonchai R., Srisonchai A., Jirapatrasilp P. & Panha S. , 2019. ''Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda)''. ZooKeys 834: 1-166 Alycaeidae {{Caenogastropoda-stub