| Sphincterochila | |
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| A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima | |
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| A dorsal view of a live Sphincterochila candidissima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae |
| Genus: | Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Helix boissieri Charpentier, 1847 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).
Species
Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:
- Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)
- † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936)
- Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
- 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): 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:
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Sphincterochila baetica
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Sphincterochila boissieri
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Sphincterochila candidissima
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Sphincterochila cariosula
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Sphincterochila prophetarum
References
- Ancey C. F. (1887). "Description of new genera or sub-genera of Helicidae". (Continued). The Conchologists’ Exchange 2(2): 22-23.
- ^ 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
- Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
- ^ SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011.
- ^ 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.
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- Shoshana Goldenberg, Z. Arad; Heller, J. (1989). "Resistance to desiccation and distribution patterns in the land snailSphincterochila". Journal of Zoology. 218 (3): 353. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02549.x..
- Checa, Antonio G.; Jiménez-Jiménez, Antonio P.; Rivas, Pascual (1998). "Regulation of spiral coiling in the terrestrial gastropod Sphincterochila: An experimental test of the road-holding model". Journal of Morphology. 235 (3): 249–257. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199803)235:3<249::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-1. PMID 29852723. S2CID 18751120..
- Mizrahi, Tal; Heller, Joseph; Goldenberg, Shoshana; Arad, Zeev (2009). "Heat shock proteins and resistance to desiccation in congeneric land snails". Cell Stress and Chaperones. 15 (4): 351–63. doi:10.1007/s12192-009-0150-9. PMC 3082649. PMID 19953352..
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=678
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sphincterochila | |