Mesembrinus

Mesembrinus
Mesembrinus multilineatus on a tree branch
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Mesembrinus
Albers, 1850
Species

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Synonyms
  • Buliminus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimulus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850 (basionym)
  • Drymaeus (Diaphanomormus) Weyrauch, 1964
  • Drymaeus (Leptodrymaeus) Pilsbry, 1946
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) Albers, 1850
  • Drymaeus (Orodrymaeus) Pilsbry, 1926
  • Mesembrinus (Leptomormus) Weyrauch, 1958

Mesembrinus is a genus of tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Peltellinae of the family Bulimulidae. Mesembrinus was previously considered a subgenus of Drymaeus, but research published in 2023 has elevated the taxon to genus level.