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Sphincterochila

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Subfamily
  
Sphincterochilinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Sphincterochilidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.

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Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.

Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).

sphincterochila candidissima


Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

Subgenus Albea Pallary, 1910

  • Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Sphincterochila tunetana (Pfeiffer, 1850)

    • Subgenus Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887 sensu stricto - synonym: subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910

  • Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) - type species
  • Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1801) - shell description

    • Subgenus ?

  • Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913)
  • Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)
  • Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
  • Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874)
  • Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917
  • Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881)
  • Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910
  • Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)
  • Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894)
  • Sphincterochila maroccana Pallary, 1917
  • Sphincterochila maroccana conica Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana depressa Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana major Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana minor Pallary, 1926
  • Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis Pallary, 1917
  • Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918)
  • Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856)
  • Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)
  • Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878)
  • Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878)
  • Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950
  • Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
  • Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911)
  • Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) - a synonym of Sphincterochila boissieri
  • Sphincterochila zonata filia (Mousson, 1861) - shell photo 1, shell photo 2, shell drawing (figure 70–71.)

    • Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:

    References

    Sphincterochila Wikipedia
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