Sphincterochila baetica

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Sphincterochila baetica
Sphincterochila baetica shell.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Sphincterochila baetica.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Sphincterochilidae
Subfamily:
Sphincterochilinae
Genus:
Sphincterochila
Species:
S. baetica
Binomial name
Sphincterochila baetica
(Rossmässler, 1854)

Sphincterochila baetica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.

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Distribution

This species occurs in Spain, Morocco, and Algeria. [1]

Shell description

The shell is globose, solid, whitish ash-color. The shell has 5 whorls which are very slowly increasing, the upper ones carious-rugulose, the penultimate about as broad as the last. The last whorl is more or less angulated on the periphery, and rounded in front. [1]

The aperture is widely lunate, angulated exteriorly. The peristome is internally sublabiate. [1]

The width of the shell is 25 mm. [1]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference. [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tryon G. W. (1887). Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 11.
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