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.
Bostryx sensu stricto is the type genus of the subfamily Bostrycinae, but some species of Bostryx sensu lato are placed within Bulimulinae. There is need further research to elucidate which subgenera belong to which subfamily.
Distribution
There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile and numerous species in other countries.
Ecology
They live under stones and on cacti.
Bostryx feeds on lichens.
Species
Species in the genus Bostryx include:
Bostryx sensu stricto
Bostryx agueroi Weyrauch, 1960
Bostryx edmundi Breure & Neubert, 2008
Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960
Bostryx peruvianus (Pilsbry, 1944) Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847) - type species of the genus Bostryx Bostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967 Bostryx torallyi (d'Orbigny, 1835)