Anthinus myersii

Anthinus myersii
Shell of Anthinus myersii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Anthinus
Species:
A. myersii
Binomial name
Anthinus myersii
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus miersii [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Bulimus myersii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
  • Bulinus myersii G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 superseded combination

Anthinus myersii is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 53 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Brazil.

References

  • Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
  • 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). Retrieved 30 August 2025.