Bostryx is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae.
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.
There are 29 species from the genus Bostryx in Chile and numerous species in other countries.
They are living under stones and on cacti.
Bostryx feeds on lichens.
Species in the genus Bostryx include:
Bostryx sensu stricto
Bostryx agueroi Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx edmundi Breure & Neubert, 2008Bostryx longispira Weyrauch, 1960Bostryx peruvianus (Pilsbry, 1944)Bostryx solutus (Troschel, 1847) - type species of the genus BostryxBostryx superbus Weyrauch, 1967Bostryx torallyi (d'Orbigny, 1835)Bostryx sensu lato
Bostryx apodemetes (d'Orbigny, 1835)Bostryx bilineatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)Bostryx strobeli Parodiz, 1956other Bostryx species:
Bostryx affinis (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx aguilari Weyrauch, 1967 - [1]Bostryx alausiensis (Cousin, 1887)Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)Bostryx anomphalus Pilsbry, 1944Bostryx albicans (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx anachoreta (Pfeiffer, 1856)Bostryx ceroplasta (Pilsbry, 1896)Bostryx conspersus (Sowerby, 1833) - [2]Bostryx chusgonensisBostryx chusgonensis sipas Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010Bostryx delicatulus (Philippi, 1867)Bostryx derelictus (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx elatus (Philippi, 1869)Bostryx eremothauma (Pilsbry, 1896)Bostryx erosus (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx erythrostoma (Sowerby, 1833)Bostryx fragilis Breure & Mogollón Avila, 2010Bostryx gayi (Rehder, 1945)Bostryx granulatus Breure & Neubert, 2008Bostryx guttatus (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1830)Bostryx holostoma (Pfeiffer, 1856)Bostryx huascensis (Reeve, 1848)Bostryx ischnus (Pilsbry, 1902)Bostryx juana (Cousin, 1887)Bostryx lactifluus (Pfeiffer, 1856)Bostryx leucostictus (Philippi, 1856)Bostryx lichenorum (Orbigny, 1835)Bostryx mejillonensis (Pfeiffer, 1857)Bostryx metamorphus (Pilsbry, 1896)Bostryx modestus (Broderip, 1832) - [3]Bostryx philippii (Rehder, 1945)Bostryx pruinosus (Sowerby, 1833)Bostryx pumilio (Rehder, 1945)Bostryx pupiformis (Broderip, 1833)Bostryx pustulosus (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx rhodacme (Pfeiffer, 1843)Bostryx rouaulti (Hupé, 1854)Bostryx scabiosus (Sowerby, 1833)Bostryx scalariformis Broderip, 1832 - [4]Bostryx sordidus Lesson, 1826 - [5]Bostryx turritus (Broderip, 1832)Bostryx variabilis Herm, 1970Bostryx voithianus (Pfeiffer, 1847)
