Anthinus (gastropod)

Anthinus
Shell of Anthinus multicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Odontostomidae
Genus:	Anthinus Albers, 1850 [1]
Synonyms
Bulimus (Anthinus)Albers, 1850 (original rank)

Anthinus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae. ^[2]

Characteristics

(Originally described in Latin) The shell is perforated with a slit-like opening and is oblong-conical in shape. Its spire is somewhat turreted, and it has 6 to 7 whorls, with the body whorl being nearly equal in size to the spire. The columella (the central axis of the shell) is either narrow or has dentate folds. The aperture is oval-oblong and a brownish-violet color on the inside. The peristome (outer lip) is widely expanded, and the columellar margin is both dilated and open. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Anthinus include:

• Anthinus albolabiatus (Jaeckel, 1927)
• Anthinus morenus Simone, 2022
• Anthinus multicolor (Rang, 1831)
• Anthinus myersii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
• Anthinus savanicus Simone, 2022
• Anthinus synchondrus Simone, 2022
• Anthinus turnix (A. Gould, 1846)
• Anthinus vailanti Simone, 2022

Synonyms

• Anthinus henselii(Martens, 1868): synonym of Drymaeus henselii (Martens, 1868)

References

1. Albers (1850). Die Heliceen, page 148.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anthinus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996811 on 2025-08-19
3. Albers, J.C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. p. 148. Retrieved 19 August 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Simone, L.R.L. (2022). "Additions to the genus Anthinus occurring in Minas Gerais and Goiás regions, Brazil, with description of five new species, one of them in the new related genus Catracca (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Strophocheilidae)". PLOS ONE. 17 (8): e0273067. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1773067S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273067 . PMC   9401170 . PMID   36001618.
• Salvador, R. B.; Silva, F. S.; Cavallari, D. C.; Köhler, F.; Slapcinsky, J.; Breure, A. S. H. (2023). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): e0288533. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288533 . PMC   10370776 . PMID   37494326.
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