Sphincterochila prophetarum

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

Sphincterochila prophetarum
Drawing showing an apertural view of a shell of Sphincterochila prophetarum.
Scientific classification
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Sphincterochilinae
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S. prophetarum
Binomial name
Sphincterochila prophetarum
Synonyms

Helix Prophetarum Bourguignat, 1852

Distribution

The species occurs in Egypt (northeastern Egypt and Sinai Peninsula), southern Israel, Jordan, and in the coastal mountains of western Saudi Arabia.[2]

Shell description

The shell is perforate, depressed, solid, stridulate, cretaceous, white and with suture impressed. The shell has 4½ flattened or slightly convex whorls. The last whorl is very obsoletely angulated, rounded in front, shortly and suddenly deflected.[3]

The width of the shell is 16 mm.[3]

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References

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

  1. Bourguignat J. R. (1852). Testacea novissima quae Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1], 5-31. Lutetiae. (Baillière).
  2. Species summary for Sphincterochila prophetarum. AnimalBase, last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 12.

Further reading

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