Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.
Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.
Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).
Species
Species in the genus Sphincterochila include: Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854) † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936) Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1801) – shell description Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833) Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874) Sphincterochila cyrenaica Sturany, 1908 Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910 Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852) Sphincterochila illicita (Mousson, 1874) Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894) † Sphincterochila jodoti Rey, 1974 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 mixta Kaltenbach, 1950 Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878) Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878) Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950 Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852) Sphincterochila tunetana (Pfeiffer, 1850) Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)
Synonyms
Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913): synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum) Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) – type species: synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917: synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum) Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881): synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum) Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918): synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum) Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856): synonym of Albea mayrani (Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum) Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856) Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911): synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)
Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:
References
External links
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