Bostryx


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

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was placed within the Orthalicidae.
Bostryx sensu stricto 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 and numerous species in other countries.

Ecology

They live under stones and on cacti.
Bostryx feeds on lichens.

Species

Species in the genus Bostryx include:
Bostryx sensu strictoBostryx agueroi Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx edmundi Breure & Neubert, 2008Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx peruvianus Bostryx solutus - type species of the genus BostryxBostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx torallyi
Bostryx sensu latoBostryx apodemetes Bostryx bilineatus Bostryx strobeli Parodiz, 1956
other Bostryx species:Bostryx affinis Bostryx aguilari Weyrauch, 1967 - Bostryx alausiensis Bostryx albicans Bostryx anachoreta Bostryx anomphalus Pilsbry, 1944Bostryx anachoreta Bostryx baeri Bostryx bonneti Bostryx ceroplasta Bostryx conspersus - Bostryx chusgonensis
  • * Bostryx chusgonensis sipas Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010Bostryx delicatulus Bostryx derelictus Bostryx devillei Deville & Hupé, 1850;Bostryx elatus Bostryx eremothauma Bostryx erosus Bostryx erythrostoma Bostryx fayssianus Bostryx fragilis Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010Bostryx gayi Bostryx granulatus Breure & Neubert, 2008Bostryx guttatus Bostryx haasi Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx hennahi Bostryx holostoma Bostryx huascensis Bostryx huayaboensis Bostryx ignobilis Bostryx imeldae Weyrauch, 1958Bostryx inaquosum Breure, 1978Bostryx infundibulum Bostryx iocosensis Bostryx ireneae Araya, 2015Bostryx ischnus Bostryx juana Bostryx lactifluus Bostryx leucostictus Bostryx lichenorum Bostryx limensis Bostryx limonoicus Bostryx lizarasoae Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978Bostryx luridus Bostryx martinezi Bostryx megomphalus Pilsbry, 1944Bostryx mejillonensis Bostryx metamorphus Bostryx modestus - Bostryx philippii Bostryx pruinosus Bostryx pumilio Bostryx pupiformis Bostryx pustulosus Bostryx pygmaeus Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx pyrgidium Bostryx raimondianus Bostryx reedi Bostryx reentsi Bostryx rehderi Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx rhodacme Bostryx rhodolarynx Bostryx rodriguezae Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx roselleus Miranda & Cuezzo, 2014Bostryx rouaulti Bostryx rudisculptus Bostryx rusticellus Bostryx sagasteguii Bostryx sandwichensis Bostryx scabiosus Bostryx scalariformis Broderip, 1832 - Bostryx scotophilus Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx scutulatus Bostryx serotinus Bostryx simpliculus Bostryx solutus Bostryx sordidus Lesson, 1826 - Bostryx spiculatus Bostryx stelzneri Bostryx strobeli Bostryx styliger Bostryx subcactorum Bostryx subelatus Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx torallyi Bostryx tortoranus Bostryx tricinctus Bostryx tschudii Bostryx tubulatus Bostryx tumidulus Bostryx turritus Bostryx tyleri Bostryx umbilicaris Bostryx umbilicatellus Bostryx valdovinosi Araya, 2015Bostryx variabilis Herm, 1970Bostryx veruculum Bostryx viarius Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx virgula Bostryx virgultorum Bostryx voithianus Bostryx webbi Bostryx weyrauchi Pilsbry, 1944Bostryx williamsi Bostryx willinki Weyrauch, 1964Bostryx woodwardi Bostryx zilchi Weyrauch, 1958

Synonyms

Ataxellus Dall, 1912Ataxus Albers, 1850Bilamelliferus Weyrauch, 1958 Bostryx Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representationBostryx Pilsbry, 1902· accepted, alternate representationBostryx Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 Bostryx Weyrauch, 1958 Bostryx Pilsbry, 1896 Bostryx Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representationBostryx F. Haas, 1966· accepted, alternate representationBostryx Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representationBostryx Weyrauch, 1958 Bostryx Weyrauch, 1958 Bostryx Albers, 1860Bostryx Dall, 1912Bostryx Pilsbry, 1896Bostryx Weyrauch, 1958 Bostryx Pilsbry, 1930· accepted, alternate representationBostryx F. Haas, 1951 Bulimulus Albers, 1850 Bulimulus Troschel, 1847 Bulimulus Pilsbry, 1896Bulimulus Albers, 1850Bulimulus F. Haas, 1932Elatibostryx Weyrauch, 1958Floreziellus Weyrauch, 1967 Geoceras Pilsbry, 1896Kionoptyx Haas, 1966 Multifasciatus Weyrauch, 1958Naesiotellus Weyrauch, 1967Naesiotus Weyrauch, 1967 Pampasinus Weyrauch, 1958Peronaeus Albers, 1850Peronaeus Pilsbry, 1896Peronaeus Albers, 1850Phenacotaxus Dall, 1912Pseudoperonaeus Weyrauch, 1958Pyrgus Albers, 1850