Plectostylus
Genus of land snails
| Plectostylus | |
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| Shell of Plectostylus peruvianus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Genus: | Plectostylus Beck, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Bulimus peruvianus Bruguière, 1789 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.[1][2]
The species of this genus are found in Southern America.[1]
Species
- Plectostylus broderipii (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
- Plectostylus chilensis (Lesson, 1831)
- Plectostylus coquimbensis (Broderip, 1832)
- Plectostylus coturnix (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
- Plectostylus elegans (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)
- Plectostylus elongata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
- Plectostylus granulosus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
- Plectostylus mariae Brooks, 1936
- Plectostylus moestai (Dunker, 1864)
- Plectostylus ochsenii (Dunker, 1856)
- Plectostylus peruvianus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Plectostylus prolatus (A.Gould, 1846)
- Plectostylus punctulifer (G.B.Sowerby I, 1833)
- Plectostylus reflexus (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)
- Synonyms
- Plectostylus apolinari Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (junior synonym)
- Plectostylus delicatus Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935) (original combination)
- Plectostylus variegatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842): synonym of Plectostylus broderipii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior synonym)
- Plectostylus virgatus Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) (junior synonymy)
References
- ^ a b "Plectostylus H.Beck, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectostylus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995779 on 2022-01-26
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
- Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1-124. Hafniae
- Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065
