Sphincterochila

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Sphincterochila
A lateral view of a live individual ofSphincterochila candidissima
A dorsal view of a live Sphincterochila candidissima
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
Ancey, 1887[1]

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

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.[2]

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

Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

Subgenus Albea Pallary, 1910[3][4]

Subgenus Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887 sensu stricto - synonym: subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910[4]

Subgenus ?

  • Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913)[6]
  • Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)[5][6]
  • Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833)[5][6]
  • Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874)[6]
  • Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917[6]
  • Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881)[6]
    • Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910[6]
  • Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)[6]
  • Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894)[5]
  • Sphincterochila maroccana Pallary, 1917[6]
    • Sphincterochila maroccana conica Pallary, 1926[6]
    • Sphincterochila maroccana depressa Pallary, 1926[6]
    • Sphincterochila maroccana major Pallary, 1926[6]
    • Sphincterochila maroccana minor Pallary, 1926[6]
    • Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis Pallary, 1917[6]
  • Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918)[6]
  • Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856)[6]
    • Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)[6]
  • Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878)[6]
    • Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878)[6]
  • Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950[6]
  • Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[5][6]
  • Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911)[6]
  • Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)[6] - Sphincterochila zonata seems similar or a synonym(?) of Sphincterochila boissieri[citation needed]


Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:

References

  1. ↑ Ancey C. F. (1887). "Description of new genera or sub-genera of Helicidae". (Continued). The Conchologists’ Exchange 2(2): 22-23.
  2. ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  3. ↑ Pallary P. M. (1910). "Les Calcarina du Nord-Ouest de l’Afrique". Abhandlungen der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 32(Festschrift Kobelt): 101-111, page 111.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Abbes I., Nouira S. & Neubert E. (2011). "Sphincterochilidae from Tunisia, with a note on the subgenus Rima Pallary, 1910 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Zookyes 151: 1–15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.151.2264.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011.

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