Bostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.[3][2]
Taxonomy
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]
Distribution
There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile[5] and numerous species in other countries.
Ecology
They live under stones and on cacti.[5]
Bostryx feeds on lichens.[5]
Species
Species in the genus Bostryx include:
Bostryx sensu stricto
Bostryx sensu lato
other Bostryx species:
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Bostryx affinis (Broderip, 1832)[5]
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Bostryx aguilari Weyrauch, 1967 - [1]
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Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)[4]
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Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)[5] (synonym: Bulinus albicans Broderio, 1832)
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Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)[5]
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Bostryx anomphalus Pilsbry, 1944[4]
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Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)[5]
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Bostryx baeri (Dautzenberg, 1901)
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Bostryx bonneti (Ancey, 1902)
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Bostryx ceroplasta (Pilsbry, 1896)[4]
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Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby, 1833) - [2]
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Bostryx chusgonensis
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Bostryx chusgonensis sipas Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010[4]
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Bostryx delicatulus (Philippi, 1867)[4]
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Bostryx derelictus (Broderip, 1832)[5]
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Bostryx devillei Deville & Hupé, 1850;
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Bostryx elatus (Philippi, 1869)[4]
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Bostryx eremothauma (Pilsbry, 1896)[5]
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Bostryx erosus (Broderip, 1832)[5]
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Bostryx erythrostoma (Sowerby, 1833)[5]
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Bostryx fayssianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
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Bostryx fragilis Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010[4]
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Bostryx gayi (Rehder, 1945)[5]
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Bostryx granulatus Breure & Neubert, 2008[4]
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Bostryx guttatus (Broderip, 1832)[5]
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Bostryx haasi Weyrauch, 1960
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Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1830)[5]
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Bostryx holostoma (Pfeiffer, 1856)[5]
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Bostryx huascensis (Reeve, 1848)[5]
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Bostryx huayaboensis (Dautzenberg, 1901)
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Bostryx ignobilis (Philippi, 1867)
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Bostryx imeldae Weyrauch, 1958
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Bostryx inaquosum Breure, 1978
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Bostryx infundibulum (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
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Bostryx iocosensis (Dautzenberg, 1901)
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Bostryx ireneae Araya, 2015
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Bostryx ischnus (Pilsbry, 1902)[5]
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Bostryx juana (Cousin, 1887)[4]
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Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1856)[5]
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Bostryx leucostictus (Philippi, 1856)[5]
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Bostryx lichenorum (Orbigny, 1835)[5]
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Bostryx limensis (Reeve, 1849)
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Bostryx limonoicus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
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Bostryx lizarasoae Weyrauch, 1967
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Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960
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Bostryx louisae Breure, 1978
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Bostryx luridus (L. Pfeiffer, 1863)
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Bostryx martinezi (Hylton Scott, 1965)
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Bostryx megomphalus Pilsbry, 1944
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Bostryx mejillonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857)[5]
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Bostryx metamorphus (Pilsbry, 1896)[5]
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Bostryx modestus (Broderip, 1832) - [3]
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Bostryx philippii (Rehder, 1945)[5]
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Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby, 1833)[5]
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Bostryx pumilio (Rehder, 1945)[5]
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Bostryx pupiformis (Broderip, 1833)[5]
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Bostryx pustulosus (Broderip, 1832)[5]
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Bostryx pygmaeus Weyrauch, 1960
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Bostryx pyrgidium (Haas, 1955)
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Bostryx raimondianus (Pilsbry, 1896)
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Bostryx reedi (Parodiz, 1947)
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Bostryx reentsi (Philippi, 1851)
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Bostryx rehderi Weyrauch, 1960
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Bostryx rhodacme (Pfeiffer, 1843)[5]
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Bostryx rhodolarynx (Reeve, 1849)
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Bostryx rodriguezae Weyrauch, 1967
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Bostryx roselleus Miranda & Cuezzo, 2014
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Bostryx rouaulti (Hupé, 1854)[5]
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Bostryx rudisculptus (Parodiz, 1956)
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Bostryx rusticellus (Morelet, 1860)
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Bostryx sagasteguii (Haas, 1966)
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Bostryx sandwichensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
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Bostryx scabiosus (Sowerby, 1833)[5]
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Bostryx scalariformis Broderip, 1832 - [4]
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Bostryx scotophilus Weyrauch, 1967
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Bostryx scutulatus (Broderip, 1832)
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Bostryx serotinus (Morelet, 1860)
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Bostryx simpliculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
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Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847)
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Bostryx sordidus Lesson, 1826 - [5]
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Bostryx spiculatus (Morelet, 1860)
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Bostryx stelzneri (Dohrn, 1875)
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Bostryx strobeli (Parodiz, 1956)
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Bostryx styliger (Beck, 1837)
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Bostryx subcactorum (Pilsbry, 1896)
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Bostryx subelatus (Haas, 1948)
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Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967
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Bostryx torallyi (d'Orbigny, 1835)
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Bostryx tortoranus (Doering, 1879)
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Bostryx tricinctus (Reeve, 1848)
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Bostryx tschudii (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
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Bostryx tubulatus (Morelet, 1860)
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Bostryx tumidulus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
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Bostryx turritus (Broderip, 1832)[4]
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Bostryx tyleri (Dall, 1912)
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Bostryx umbilicaris (Souleyet, 1842)
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Bostryx umbilicatellus (Pilsbry, 1896)
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Bostryx valdovinosi Araya, 2015
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Bostryx variabilis Herm, 1970[5]
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Bostryx veruculum (Morelet, 1860)
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Bostryx viarius (Pilsbry, 1932)
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Bostryx vilchezi Weyrauch, 1960
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Bostryx virgula (Haas, 1951)
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Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863)
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Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847)[5]
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Bostryx webbi (Haas, 1951)
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Bostryx weyrauchi Pilsbry, 1944
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Bostryx williamsi (L. Pfeiffer, 1858)
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Bostryx willinki Weyrauch, 1964
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Bostryx woodwardi (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
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Bostryx zilchi Weyrauch, 1958
Synonyms
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Ataxellus Dall, 1912
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Ataxus Albers, 1850
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Bilamelliferus Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Bostryx) Troschel, 1847· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Dentaxis) Pilsbry, 1902· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Discobostryx) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1949 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Elatibostryx) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Geoceras) Pilsbry, 1896 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Geopyrgus) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Kionoptyx) F. Haas, 1966· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Multifasciatus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Pampasinus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Peronaeus) Albers, 1860
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Bostryx (Phenacotaxus) Dall, 1912
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Bostryx (Platybostryx) Pilsbry, 1896
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Bostryx (Pseudoperonaeus) Weyrauch, 1958 (junior synonymy)
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Bostryx (Scansicohlea) Pilsbry, 1930· accepted, alternate representation
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Bostryx (Vermetellus) F. Haas, 1951 (junior synonymy)
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Bulimulus (Ataxus) Albers, 1850 (junior synonymy)
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Bulimulus (Bostryx) Troschel, 1847 (original rank)
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Bulimulus (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896
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Bulimulus (Peronaeus) Albers, 1850
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Bulimulus (Scansicochlea) F. Haas, 1932
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Elatibostryx Weyrauch, 1958
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Floreziellus Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
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Geoceras Pilsbry, 1896
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Kionoptyx Haas, 1966 (junior synonymy)
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Multifasciatus Weyrauch, 1958
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Naesiotellus Weyrauch, 1967
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Naesiotus (Naesiotellus) Weyrauch, 1967 (junior synonymy)
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Pampasinus Weyrauch, 1958
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Peronaeus Albers, 1850
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Peronaeus (Lissoacme) Pilsbry, 1896
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Peronaeus (Peronaeus) Albers, 1850
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Phenacotaxus Dall, 1912
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Pseudoperonaeus Weyrauch, 1958
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Pyrgus Albers, 1850
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