Plectostylus

Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.

The species of this genus are found in Southern America.

Species

• Plectostylus broderipii
• Plectostylus chilensis
• Plectostylus coquimbensis
• Plectostylus coturnix
• Plectostylus elegans
• Plectostylus elongata
• Plectostylus granulosus
• Plectostylus mariae
• Plectostylus moestai
• Plectostylus ochsenii
• Plectostylus peruvianus
• Plectostylus prolatus
• Plectostylus punctulifer
• Plectostylus reflexus

• Plectostylus apolinari <small>Pilsbry, 1935</small>: synonym of Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)</small> (junior synonym)
• Plectostylus delicatus <small>Pilsbry, 1935</small>: synonym of Plekocheilus delicatus <small>(Pilsbry, 1935)</small> (original combination)
• Plectostylus variegatus <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1842)</small>: synonym of Plectostylus broderipii <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)</small> (junior synonym)
• Plectostylus virgatus <small>Pilsbry, 1935</small>: synonym of Plekocheilus pulicarius <small>(Reeve, 1848)</small> (junior synonymy)

References

• 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