''Sphincterochila'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Sphincterochilidae.
[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]
''Sphincterochila'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the family Sphincterochilidae.
Species in the genus ''Sphincterochila'' are
arid
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-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).
Species
Species in the genus ''Sphincterochila'' include:
* ''
Sphincterochila baetica''
(Rossmässler, 1854)[''Species in genus Sphincterochila''](_blank)
(n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
* † ''
Sphincterochila baumbergeri''
(Wenz, 1936)
* ''
Sphincterochila candidissima''
(Draparnaud, 1801)[Abbes I., Nouira S. & Neubert E. (2011). "Sphincterochilidae from Tunisia, with a note on the subgenus ''Rima'' Pallary, 1910 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". '']ZooKeys
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The Smithsonian ...
'' 151: 1–15. .
* ''
Sphincterochila cariosa''
(Olivier, 1801) �
shell description* ''
Sphincterochila cariosula''
(Michaud, 1833)
* ''
Sphincterochila chionudiscus''
(Boettger, 1874)
* ''
Sphincterochila cyrenaica''
Sturany, 1908
** ''Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata''
Pallary, 1910
* ''
Sphincterochila fimbriata''
(Bourguignat, 1852)
* ''
Sphincterochila illicita''
(Mousson, 1874)
* ''
Sphincterochila insularis''
(Boettger, 1894)
* † ''
Sphincterochila jodoti''
Rey, 1974
* ''
Sphincterochila maroccana''
Pallary, 1917
** ''Sphincterochila maroccana conica''
Pallary, 1926
** ''Sphincterochila maroccana depressa''
Pallary, 1926
** ''Sphincterochila maroccana major''
Pallary, 1926
** ''Sphincterochila maroccana minor''
Pallary, 1926
** ''Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis''
Pallary, 1917
* ''
Sphincterochila mixta''
Kaltenbach, 1950
* ''
Sphincterochila pagodula''
(Rutland, 1878)
** ''Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata''
(Ruttland, 1878)
* ''
Sphincterochila pardoi''
Llabador, 1950
* ''
Sphincterochila prophetarum''
(Bourguignat, 1852)
* ''
Sphincterochila tunetana''
(Pfeiffer, 1850)
* ''
Sphincterochila zonata''
(Bourguignat, 1853)
;Synonyms:
* ''Sphincterochila aharonii''
(Kobelt, 1913):
[''SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE''](_blank)
page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011. synonym of ''
Leucochroa aharonii''
Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Sphincterochila boissieri''
(Charpentier, 1847) – type species:
synonym of ''
Sphincterochila zonata zonata''
(Bourguignat, 1853)
* ''Sphincterochila corrugata''
Pallary, 1917:
synonym of ''Albea mayrani var. corrugata''
Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Sphincterochila debeauxi''
(Kobelt, 1881):
synonym of
Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Sphincterochila marteli''
(Pallary, 1918):
synonym of ''
Albea marteli''
Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Sphincterochila mayrani''
(Gassies, 1856):
synonym of ''
Albea mayrani''
(Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum)
** ''Sphincterochila mayrani turrita''
(Gassies, 1856)
* ''Sphincterochila roumensiana''
(Pallary, 1911):
synonym of ''
Albea roumensiana''
Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)
Comparison of apertural views of
shells of five ''Sphincterochila'' species:
File:Sphincterochila baetica shell.jpg, '' Sphincterochila baetica''
File:Sphincterochila boissieri shell 2.jpg, '' Sphincterochila boissieri''
File:Sphincterochila candidissima.jpg, '' Sphincterochila candidissima''
File:Sphincterochila cariosula shell.jpg, '' Sphincterochila cariosula''
File:Sphincterochila prophetarum shell.jpg, '' Sphincterochila prophetarum''
References
External links
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* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=678
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Sphincterochilidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by César Marie Félix Ancey