Bostryx

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Bostryx
A live individual of Bostryx turritus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Bostryx
Troschel, 1847[1]
Type species
Bulimus solutus
Troschel, 1847
Synonyms[2]

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Bostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.[3][2]

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was placed within the Orthalicidae.[4]

Bostryx sensu stricto is the type genus of the subfamily Bostrycinae,[3] but some species of Bostryx sensu lato are placed within Bulimulinae.[3] There is need further research to elucidate which subgenera belong to which subfamily.[3]

Distribution

There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile[5] and numerous species in other countries.

Ecology

They live under stones and on cacti.[5]

Bostryx feeds on lichens.[5]

Species

Species in the genus Bostryx include:

Bostryx sensu stricto

Bostryx sensu lato

other Bostryx species:

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

  1. ^ Troschel F. H. (1847). "Zwei neue Peruanische Schnecken". Zeitschrift Malakozoologie 4: 49-52. page 49.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 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. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
  4. ^ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 (created 27 December 2008) "Chilean Orthalicidae" Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. 12 pp. accessed 27 December 2010.

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