Bostryx ceroplasta is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
| Bostryx ceroplasta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Bostryx |
| Species: | B. ceroplasta
|
| Binomial name | |
| Bostryx ceroplasta | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Bulimulus (Bostryx) ceroplasta Pilsbry, 1896 | |
Distribution
editDescription
editThe shells are, as Pilsbry calls them, ‘waxen white’.[2] Some specimens have the apex coloured, corneous or with a yellow hue.[2]
References
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1895-1896). "American Bulimi and Bulimuli. Strophocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus". Manual of Conchology (2)10: 1-213. page 159, plate 50, figures 38-39.
- ^ a b c d e Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
 | This Bulimulidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |