Abstract
The status of the genus Bostryx is discussed and, based on morphological and molecular data, restricted to a group of species related to Bostryx solutus, for which the new subfamily name Bostrycinae is introduced.
Highlights
Troschel (1847: 49) described a new, peculiar land snail, as Bulimus (Bostryx) solutus
Most authors (e.g. Pilsbry 1896 [1895–1896], Thiele 1931) regarded it as a subgenus of Bulimulus Leach, 1814. It was not until 1944 when Pilsbry used it as a separate genus (Pilsbry 1944)
Breure (1979) in his revision of the Bulimulidae, using the external shell morphology and internal anatomical characters, listed 22 taxa as synonyms of Bostryx (s.l.) and 274 available names at the species-level. He wrote: “It has been mentioned before that a number of species groups may be recognized with Bostryx that correspond more or less with some of the ‘subgenera’ listed in the above-mentioned synonymy
Summary
Troschel (1847: 49) described a new, peculiar land snail, as Bulimus (Bostryx) solutus. Authors have classified many other taxa as subgenera — based purely on shell shape — within Bostryx (e.g. Zilch 1960 [1959–1960], Schileyko 1999). Breure (1979) in his revision of the Bulimulidae, using the external shell morphology and internal anatomical characters, listed 22 taxa as synonyms of Bostryx (s.l.) and 274 available names at the species-level.
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