Bostryx
A live individual of Bostryx turritus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bulimulidae
Genus:	Bostryx Troschel, 1847[1]
Type species
Bulimus solutus Troschel, 1847
Synonyms[2]
See list

Bostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.^[3][2]

Previously this genus was placed within the Orthalicidae.^[4]

Bostryx sensu stricto is the type genus of the subfamily Bostrycinae,^[3] but some species of Bostryx sensu lato are placed within Bulimulinae.^[3] There is need further research to elucidate which subgenera belong to which subfamily.^[3]

There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile^[5] and numerous species in other countries.

They live under stones and on cacti.^[5]

Bostryx feeds on lichens.^[5]

Species in the genus Bostryx include:

Bostryx sensu stricto

• Bostryx agueroi Weyrauch, 1960^[3]
• Bostryx edmundi Breure & Neubert, 2008^[4][3]
• Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960^[3]
• Bostryx peruvianus (Pilsbry, 1944)^[3]
• Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847) - type species of the genus Bostryx^[3]
• Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967^[4][3]
• Bostryx torallyi (d'Orbigny, 1835)^[3]

Bostryx sensu lato

• Bostryx apodemetes (d'Orbigny, 1835)^[3]
• Bostryx bilineatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)^[3]
• Bostryx strobeli Parodiz, 1956^[3]

other Bostryx species:

• Bostryx affinis (Broderip, 1832)^[5]
• Bostryx aguilari Weyrauch, 1967 - [1]
• Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)^[4]
• Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)^[5] (synonym: Bulinus albicans Broderio, 1832)
• Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[5]
• Bostryx anomphalus Pilsbry, 1944^[4]
• Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[5]
• Bostryx baeri (Dautzenberg, 1901)
• Bostryx bonneti (Ancey, 1902)
• Bostryx ceroplasta (Pilsbry, 1896)^[4]
• Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby, 1833) - [2]
• Bostryx chusgonensis
  • Bostryx chusgonensis sipas Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010^[4]
• Bostryx delicatulus (Philippi, 1867)^[4]
• Bostryx derelictus (Broderip, 1832)^[5]
• Bostryx devillei Deville & Hupé, 1850;
• Bostryx elatus (Philippi, 1869)^[4]
• Bostryx eremothauma (Pilsbry, 1896)^[5]
• Bostryx erosus (Broderip, 1832)^[5]
• Bostryx erythrostoma (Sowerby, 1833)^[5]
• Bostryx fayssianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
• Bostryx fragilis Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010^[4]
• Bostryx gayi (Rehder, 1945)^[5]
• Bostryx granulatus Breure & Neubert, 2008^[4]
• Bostryx guttatus (Broderip, 1832)^[5]
• Bostryx haasi Weyrauch, 1960
• Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1830)^[5]
• Bostryx holostoma (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[5]
• Bostryx huascensis (Reeve, 1848)^[5]
• Bostryx huayaboensis (Dautzenberg, 1901)
• Bostryx ignobilis (Philippi, 1867)
• Bostryx imeldae Weyrauch, 1958
• Bostryx inaquosum Breure, 1978
• Bostryx infundibulum (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Bostryx iocosensis (Dautzenberg, 1901)
• Bostryx ireneae Araya, 2015
• Bostryx ischnus (Pilsbry, 1902)^[5]
• Bostryx juana (Cousin, 1887)^[4]
• Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1856)^[5]
• Bostryx leucostictus (Philippi, 1856)^[5]
• Bostryx lichenorum (Orbigny, 1835)^[5]
• Bostryx limensis (Reeve, 1849)
• Bostryx limonoicus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Bostryx lizarasoae Weyrauch, 1967
• Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960
• Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978
• Bostryx luridus (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
• Bostryx martinezi (Hylton Scott, 1965)
• Bostryx megomphalus Pilsbry, 1944
• Bostryx mejillonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857)^[5]
• Bostryx metamorphus (Pilsbry, 1896)^[5]
• Bostryx modestus (Broderip, 1832) - [3]
• Bostryx philippii (Rehder, 1945)^[5]
• Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby, 1833)^[5]
• Bostryx pumilio (Rehder, 1945)^[5]
• Bostryx pupiformis (Broderip, 1833)^[5]
• Bostryx pustulosus (Broderip, 1832)^[5]
• Bostryx pygmaeus Weyrauch, 1960
• Bostryx pyrgidium (Haas, 1955)
• Bostryx raimondianus (Pilsbry, 1896)
• Bostryx reedi (Parodiz, 1947)
• Bostryx reentsi (Philippi, 1851)
• Bostryx rehderi Weyrauch, 1960
• Bostryx rhodacme (Pfeiffer, 1843)^[5]
• Bostryx rhodolarynx (Reeve, 1849)
• Bostryx rodriguezae Weyrauch, 1967
• Bostryx roselleus Miranda & Cuezzo, 2014
• Bostryx rouaulti (Hupé, 1854)^[5]
• Bostryx rudisculptus (Parodiz, 1956)
• Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860)
• Bostryx sagasteguii (Haas, 1966)
• Bostryx sandwichensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Bostryx scabiosus (Sowerby, 1833)^[5]
• Bostryx scalariformis Broderip, 1832 - [4]
• Bostryx scotophilus Weyrauch, 1967
• Bostryx scutulatus (Broderip, 1832)
• Bostryx serotinus (Morelet, 1860)
• Bostryx simpliculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
• Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847)
• Bostryx sordidus Lesson, 1826 - [5]
• Bostryx spiculatus (Morelet, 1860)
• Bostryx stelzneri (Dohrn, 1875)
• Bostryx strobeli (Parodiz, 1956)
• Bostryx styliger (Beck, 1837)
• Bostryx subcactorum (Pilsbry, 1896)
• Bostryx subelatus (Haas, 1948)
• Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967
• Bostryx torallyi (d'Orbigny, 1835)
• Bostryx tortoranus (Doering, 1879)
• Bostryx tricinctus (Reeve, 1848)
• Bostryx tschudii (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
• Bostryx tubulatus (Morelet, 1860)
• Bostryx tumidulus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
• Bostryx turritus (Broderip, 1832)^[4]
• Bostryx tyleri (Dall, 1912)
• Bostryx umbilicaris (Souleyet, 1842)
• Bostryx umbilicatellus (Pilsbry, 1896)
• Bostryx valdovinosi Araya, 2015
• Bostryx variabilis Herm, 1970^[5]
• Bostryx veruculum (Morelet, 1860)
• Bostryx viarius (Pilsbry, 1932)
• Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960
• Bostryx virgula (Haas, 1951)
• Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863)
• Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847)^[5]
• Bostryx webbi (Haas, 1951)
• Bostryx weyrauchi Pilsbry, 1944
• Bostryx williamsi (L. Pfeiffer, 1858)
• Bostryx willinki Weyrauch, 1964
• Bostryx woodwardi (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
• Bostryx zilchi Weyrauch, 1958

• Ataxellus Dall, 1912
• Ataxus Albers, 1850
• Bilamelliferus Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Bostryx) Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Dentaxis) Pilsbry, 1902· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Discobostryx) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Elatibostryx) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Geoceras) Pilsbry, 1896 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Geopyrgus) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Kionoptyx) F. Haas, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Multifasciatus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Pampasinus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Peronaeus) Albers, 1860
• Bostryx (Phenacotaxus) Dall, 1912
• Bostryx (Platybostryx) Pilsbry, 1896
• Bostryx (Pseudoperonaeus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
• Bostryx (Scansicohlea) Pilsbry, 1930· accepted, alternate representation
• Bostryx (Vermetellus) F. Haas, 1951 (junior synonymy)
• Bulimulus (Ataxus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)
• Bulimulus (Bostryx) Troschel, 1847 (original rank)
• Bulimulus (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896
• Bulimulus (Peronaeus) Albers, 1850
• Bulimulus (Scansicochlea) F. Haas, 1932
• Elatibostryx Weyrauch, 1958
• Floreziellus Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
• Geoceras Pilsbry, 1896
• Kionoptyx Haas, 1966 (junior synonymy)
• Multifasciatus Weyrauch, 1958
• Naesiotellus Weyrauch, 1967
• Naesiotus (Naesiotellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
• Pampasinus Weyrauch, 1958
• Peronaeus Albers, 1850
• Peronaeus (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896
• Peronaeus (Peronaeus) Albers, 1850
• Phenacotaxus Dall, 1912
• Pseudoperonaeus Weyrauch, 1958
• Pyrgus Albers, 1850

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