Plectostylus

Plectostylus
Plectostylus peruvianus
Shell of Plectostylus peruvianus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Plectostylus Beck, 1837
Type species
Bulimus peruvianusBruguière, 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

• 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 apolinariPilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus(G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (junior synonym)
• Plectostylus delicatusPilsbry, 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 virgatusPilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) (junior synonymy)

References

1. "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.

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