Sphincterochila

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

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 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] - a synonym of Sphincterochila boissieri[7][8]

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. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 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. 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.
  5. Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
  6. SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011.
  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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