Bostryx
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Bostryx is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
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pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae
Orthalicidae are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora...
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Distribution
There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile and numerous species in other countries.Species
Species in the genus Bostryx include:- Bostryx affinis (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx aguilari Weyrauch, 1967 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=767413&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)
- Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Bostryx anomphalusBostryx anomphalusBostryx anomphalus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* Peru The northern-most limit of this species is Cajamarca Region.- Description :...
Pilsbry, 1944 - Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Bostryx bilineatus Sowerby, 1833 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=859901&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx ceroplastaBostryx ceroplastaBostryx ceroplasta is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Description :...
(Pilsbry, 1896) - Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby, 1833) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=767414&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx chusgonensisBostryx chusgonensisBostryx chusgonensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Subspecies :* Bostryx chusgonensis chusgonensis Weyrauch, 1960...
- Bostryx chusgonensis sipas Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010
- Bostryx delicatulus (Philippi, 1867)
- Bostryx derelictus (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx edmundiBostryx edmundiBostryx edmundi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* The type locality is Yacca, Peru...
Breure & Neubert, 2008 - Bostryx elatusBostryx elatusBostryx elatus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :Distribution of Bostryx elatus include Peru....
(Philippi, 1869) - Bostryx eremothauma (Pilsbry, 1896)
- Bostryx erosus (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx erythrostoma (Sowerby, 1833)
- Bostryx fragilisBostryx fragilisBostryx fragilis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.The specific epithet fragilis is from the Latin language and means "fragile", it refers to the thin shell....
Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010 - Bostryx gayi (Rehder, 1945)
- Bostryx granulatusBostryx granulatusBostryx granulatus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Description :...
Breure & Neubert, 2008 - Bostryx guttatus (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1830)
- Bostryx holostoma (Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Bostryx huascensis (Reeve, 1848)
- Bostryx ischnus (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Bostryx juana (Cousin, 1887)
- Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Bostryx leucostictus (Philippi, 1856)
- Bostryx lichenorum (Orbigny, 1835)
- Bostryx mejillonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Bostryx metamorphus (Pilsbry, 1896)
- Bostryx modestus (Broderip, 1832) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=767415&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx philippii (Rehder, 1945)
- Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby, 1833)
- Bostryx pumilio (Rehder, 1945)
- Bostryx pupiformis (Broderip, 1833)
- Bostryx pustulosus (Broderip, 1832)
- Bostryx rhodacme (Pfeiffer, 1843)
- Bostryx rouaulti (Hupé, 1854)
- Bostryx scabiosus (Sowerby, 1833)
- Bostryx scalariformis Broderip, 1832 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=649011&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=907448&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx sordidus Lesson, 1826 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=649012&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx strobeli Parodiz, 1956 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=859902&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967
- Bostryx turritusBostryx turritusBostryx turritus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.- Distribution :* Peru...
(Broderip, 1832) - Bostryx variabilis Herm, 1970
- Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847)