Plectostylus
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| Plectostylus | |
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| Plectostylus peruvianus | |
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| 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 | |
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Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.[1][2]
The species of this genus are found in Southern America.[1]