Plectostylus

Plectostylus
Shell of Plectostylus peruvianus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Plectostylus
Beck, 1837
Type species
Bulimus peruvianus Bruguière, 1789
Synonyms
  • Bulimulus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837
  • Bulimus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Plectostylus H.Beck, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ 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.