Drymaeus | |
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Drymaeus multilineatus hanging on a tree branch. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Subfamily: | Peltellinae |
Genus: |
Drymaeus Albers, 1850 |
Diversity | |
about nearly 600 names of species |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Drymaeus is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bulimulidae.
Drymaeus was placed in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Orthalicidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution of genus Drymaeus include South and Central America. For example in Mexico live about 65 species of Drymaeus.
There are two subgenera: Drymaeus sensus stricto and subgenus Mesembrinus. Species within the genus Drymaeus include:
subgenus Drymaeus Albers, 1850
subgenus Mesembrinus Albers, 1850
subgenus ?
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