Bostryx albus
creator: Köhler, Frank
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Bostryx albus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bostryx albus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565690 on 2026-08-29
created: 2022-02-24T00:55:59Z
modified: 2022-02-24T00:55:59Z
replaces: 1438780
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Bostryx albus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
class: Gastropoda
family: Bulimulidae
genus: Bostryx
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834].
name published in year: 1833-1834
order: Stylommatophora
parent name usage ID: 866574
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
specific epithet: albus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted