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Drymaeus

Drymaeus
Drymaeus multilineatus.jpg
Drymaeus multilineatus hanging on a tree branch.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

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

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