Anthinus henselii
| Anthinus henselii | |
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| Drawing of apertural and abapertural views of a shell of Anthinus henselii. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Genus: | Anthinus |
| Species: | A. henselii |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthinus henselii (Martens, 1868) | |
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Anthinus henselii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.
This species is also known as Drymaeus henselii and then it is placed in the subfamily Bulimulinae, family Orthalicidae.
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 (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, 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)).