Plectostylus
Shell of Plectostylus peruvianus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Plectostylus Beck, 1837
Type species
Bulimus peruvianus Bruguière, 1789
Synonyms
Bulimulus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837 Bulimus (Plectostylus) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank)

Plectostylus is a genus of gastropods belonging to the subfamily Prestonellinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.^[1][2]

The species of this genus are found in Southern America.^[1]

Species

• Plectostylus broderipii (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
• Plectostylus chilensis (Lesson, 1831)
• Plectostylus coquimbensis (Broderip, 1832)
• Plectostylus coturnix (G.B.Sowerby I, 1832)
• Plectostylus elegans (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)
• Plectostylus elongata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Plectostylus granulosus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
• Plectostylus mariae Brooks, 1936
• Plectostylus moestai (Dunker, 1864)
• Plectostylus ochsenii (Dunker, 1856)
• Plectostylus peruvianus (Bruguière, 1789)
• Plectostylus prolatus (A.Gould, 1846)
• Plectostylus punctulifer (G.B.Sowerby I, 1833)
• Plectostylus reflexus (L.Pfeiffer, 1843)

Synonyms

• Plectostylus apolinari Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus episcopalis corticosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895) (junior synonym)
• Plectostylus delicatus Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935) (original combination)
• Plectostylus variegatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842): synonym of Plectostylus broderipii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior synonym)
• Plectostylus virgatus Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Plekocheilus pulicarius (Reeve, 1848) (junior synonymy)