Plectostylus

Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.^[1][2]

Plectostylus
Shell of Plectostylus peruvianus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Plectostylus Beck, 1837
Type species
Bulimus peruvianus Bruguière, 1789
Synonyms
Bulimulus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837 Bulimus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)

The species of this genus are found in Southern America.^[1]

Species

• Plectostylus broderipii (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
• Plectostylus chilensis (Lesson, 1831)
• Plectostylus coquimbensis (Broderip, 1832)
• Plectostylus coturnix (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
• Plectostylus elegans (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)
• Plectostylus elongata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Plectostylus granulosus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
• Plectostylus mariae Brooks, 1936
• Plectostylus moestai (Dunker, 1864)
• Plectostylus ochsenii (Dunker, 1856)
• Plectostylus peruvianus (Bruguière, 1789)
• Plectostylus prolatus (A.Gould, 1846)
• Plectostylus punctulifer (G.B.Sowerby I, 1833)
• Plectostylus reflexus (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)

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)