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
Synonyms
Plectostylus apolinari Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (junior synonym) Plectostylus delicatus Pilsbry, 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 virgatus Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) (junior synonymy)
References
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 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