Anostoma ringens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Tomogeridae.
Description The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its maximum diameter 24.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin of Anostoma globulosa) The shell is subglobose (almost spherical), with an obsolete keel. It is imperforate (lacking an umbilicus), smooth, and whitish. All the whorls are distinguished by a red line. The aperture is six-toothed. The lip has a reflected margin and is equipped with a sinus (a curve or recess).
Distribution This species occurs in Brazil.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)
References
Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
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