Taxonomy
This genus was classified with the Bulimulidae by Pilsbry (1900), Breure (1979) and by B. J. Smith (1992).
It was classified in tribe Bulimulini, in subfamily Bulimulinae within within the familu Orthalicidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
Breure et al. (2010) moved Bothriembryon to Placostylidae.
Breure & Romero (2012) confirmed previous results from 2010 and they renamed Placostylidae to Bothriembryontidae.
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