Drymaeus
| 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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