Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1828) the Largest Chilean Bulimulid (Mollusca: Pulmonata), Rediscovered among Tillandsia communities in Northern Chile

Abstract

The majority of the terrestrial molluscs of Chile have been scarcely studied, and several of them are only known from their original descriptions. In this work we present new records of the bulimulid land snail Bostryx hennahi (Gray, 1828), rediscovered in sand among Tillandsia communities (Tillandsiales) in northern Chile. This extant land snail is the northernmost terrestrial mollusc found in the country and the largest documented Chilean Bostryx species.