''Anthinus henselii'' Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003
''Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)''
. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (in Portuguese with English abstract) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Strophocheilidae Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Fossil record The genus '' E ...

. This species is also known as ''Drymaeus henselii'' and then it is placed in the subfamily

Bulimulinae Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tr ...

, family

Orthalicidae Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the subfamily Orthalicoidea of the order Stylommatophora. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase ...

. This species was originally described by Eduard von Martens as ''Bulimulus henselii'' in 1868. The specific name is in honor of the German naturalist, paleontologist and zoologist

Reinhold Friedrich Hensel Reinhold is a German male given name. This German name is originally from "Reinold", composed of two elements. The first is from ''ragin'', meaning "the (Germanic) Gods" and ''wald'' meaning "powerful". This name was popularised by the ancient Ge ...

(1826–1881), who collected the first two specimens from which the species was described. The type locality is Costa da Serra in the state

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

, which is the southernmost State of Brazil. This species is endemic to Brazil. This species is accidentally listed twice in the Checklist of Rio Grande do Sul State (2009): as ''Drymaeus henselii'' (Martens, 1868) (subfamily Bulimulinae, family Orthalicidae) and as ''Gonyostomus henselii'' (Martens, 1868) in family Strophocheilidae. This species also inhabits Santa Catarina in Brazil (listed as ''Drymaeus henselii'' (Martens, 1868)).Aisur Ignacio Agudo-Padrón (21 July) 2008
''Recent Terrestrial And Freshwater Molluscs Of Santa Catarina State, Sc, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis And Check List''
Visaya April 2009, pages 1-12.

Description

The shell is perforate, ovate-turreted, irregularly striate and sculptured with very delicate, very close spiral lines. The color of the shell is whitish, painted with brown streaks, which are confluent in the middle of each whorl. The apex is obtuse, brownish. The shell has 6

whorls A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral d ...

, that are rather flattened. The suture is irregularly undulating. The last whorl is little convex below. The aperture is subvertical, ovate-oblong, nearly half the length of the shell. The peristome is a little thickened, lightly spreading and white. The columellar margin is dilated, not closing the perforation, expanded above in a parietal lamina. Columella itself is twisted. The length of the shell is 40 mm. The width of the shell is 28 mm. The height of the aperture is 20 mm. The width of the aperture is 11 mm.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. Pilsbry H. A. 1897-1898 '' Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata
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Figure 37-38. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anthinus Henselii Strophocheilidae Endemic fauna of Brazil Molluscs of Brazil Taxa named by Eduard von Martens Gastropods described in 1868 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN