Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996739 on 2020-12-05
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)Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009. † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936) Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)Abbes I., Nouira S. & Neubert E. (2011). "Sphincterochilidae from Tunisia, with a note on the subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". ZooKeys 151: 1–15. . 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):SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011. 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
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