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Bostryx
Sign in to saveBostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyBulimulidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 551
- With media
- 148
- Family
- Bulimulidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNH, PRI, CM, FMNH, AUM
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Peru, Argentine Republic, Chile, Ecuador, Perú
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bulimulidae
- Image
- Bostryx turritus.png
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- Bostryx
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- Bostryx
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- genus
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Bostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.
== Taxonomy == Previously this genus was placed within the Orthalicidae.
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