Sphincterochila

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Sphincterochila
Sphincterochila candidissima viva 01.jpg
A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
Sphincterochila candidissima viva 02.jpg
A dorsal view of a live Sphincterochila candidissima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Sphincterochilidae
Genus: Sphincterochila
Ancey, 1887 [1]
Type species
Helix boissieri
Charpentier, 1847
Synonyms [2]
  • Albea Pallary, 1910
  • Albea (Cariosula) Pallary, 1910
  • Albea (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887
  • Calcarina Moquin-Tandon, 1848
  • Candidissima Pallary, 1910
  • Leucochroa (Calcarina) Moquin-Tandon, 1848
  • Leucochroa (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887
  • Mima Westerlund, 1886
  • Rima Pallary, 1910
  • Sphincterochila (Albea) Pallary, 1910· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Cariosula) Pallary, 1910· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Cerigottella) E. Gittenberger, 1993· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Rima) Pallary, 1910 (junior synonym)
  • Sphincterochila (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887 accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Zilchena) Forcart, 1972· accepted, alternate representation

Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae. [2]

Contents

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae. [3]

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

Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

Synonyms

Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:

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References

  1. ↑ Ancey C. F. (1887). "Description of new genera or sub-genera of Helicidae". (Continued). The Conchologists’ Exchange 2(2): 22-23.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 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. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.151.2264.
  7. ↑ Steinberger Y. (1991). "Biology of Arid region Soils – Faunal Components". In J. Skujins (ed.). Semiarid Lands and Deserts: Soil Resource and Reclamation. Books in soils, plants and the environment. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. p. 187. ISBN   0-8247-8388-3.
  8. ↑ Shachak M.; Orr Y.; Steinberger Y. (1975). "Field observations on the natural history of Sphincterochila (S.) zonata (Bourguignat, 1853) (= S. boissieri Charpentier, 1847)". Argamon: Israel Journal of Malacology. Israel Malacology Society and Municipal Malacology Museum: Nahariya. 5 (1–4): 20–46. ISSN   0334-326X.
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