Dioryx

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Dioryx
Dioryx messageri (MNHN-IM-2000-31785) 001.jpeg
Shell of Dioryx messageri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Dioryx
Benson, 1859
Synonyms [1]

Alycaeus (Dioryx) Benson, 1859 (original rank) [2]

Dioryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Alycaeidae. [1] It was formerly considered a subgenus of Alycaeus . [2] [1]

Species

Species within the genus Dioryx include: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Dioryx Benson, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996199 on 2020-10-21
  2. 1 2 Benson W.H. (1859). A sectional distribution of the genus Alycæus, Gray, with characters of six new species and of other Cyclostomidæ collected at Darjiling by W. T. Blanford, Esq., Geol. Survey. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 3, 3: 176–184