Sphincterochila prophetarum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.
Distribution The species occurs in Egypt (northeastern Egypt and Sinai Peninsula), southern Israel (Northern Negev), Jordan, and in the coastal mountains of western Saudi Arabia.Species summary for Sphincterochila prophetarum. AnimalBase, last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
Shell description The shell is perforate, depressed, solid, stridulate, cretaceous, white and with suture impressed. The shell has 4½ flattened or slightly convex whorls. The last whorl is very obsoletely angulated, rounded in front, shortly and suddenly deflected.
The width of the shell is 16 mm.
References This article incorporates public domain text from reference.George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 12.
Further reading Alona G., Shoreb L.S. & Steinberger Y. (2007). "Correlation between levels of sex hormones (progesterone, testosterone, and estrogen) and ecophysiological-behavior stages in two species of desert snails (Sphincterochila zonata and Sphincterochila prophetarum) in the Northern Negev Desert". General and Comparative Endocrinology 151(1): 122–127.
External links George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. Plate 2, figure 49-50..