Sphincterochila cariosula

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Sphincterochila cariosula
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Five views of a shell of Sphincterochila cariosula.
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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S. cariosula
Binomial name
Sphincterochila cariosula
(Michaud, 1833) [1]
Synonyms
  • Helix cariosulaMichaud, 1833
  • Sphincterochila (Cariosula) cariosula(Michaud, 1833) ·

Sphincterochila cariosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae. [2]

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Subspecies

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria. [3] The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times. [4]

Shell description

The shell is subimperforate, carinate, globosely convex above, carious, somewhat flattened below, soiled white, with a tubercularly eroded filiform sutural carina. The shell has 5 somewhat flattened whorls. The upper margin of the aperture is subdeflected. [3] The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm. [4]

Habitat

Sphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts. [4]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference. [3]

  1. Michaud A.-L.-G. [1833]. Catalogue des testacés vivans envoyés d'Alger par M. Rozet, capitaine au Corps Royal d'État-Major, au Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg 1: 1-22.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050620 on 2022-06-19
  3. 1 2 3 4 George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 13–14.
  4. 1 2 3 Species summary for Sphincterochila cariosula. AnimalBase, last modified 26-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.