Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectostylus H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995779 on 2022-01-26
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 16, 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