Biology:Sphincterochila

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Sphincterochila
Sphincterochila candidissima viva 01.jpg
A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
Sphincterochila candidissima viva 02.jpg
A dorsal view of a live Sphincterochila candidissima
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Sphincterochilidae
Genus: Sphincterochila
Ancey, 1887[1]
Type species
Helix boissieri Charpentier, 1847
Synonyms[2]
  • Albea Pallary, 1910
  • Albea (Cariosula) Pallary, 1910
  • Albea (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887
  • Calcarina Moquin-Tandon, 1848
  • Candidissima Pallary, 1910
  • Leucochroa (Calcarina) Moquin-Tandon, 1848
  • Leucochroa (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887
  • Mima Westerlund, 1886
  • Rima Pallary, 1910
  • Sphincterochila (Albea) Pallary, 1910· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Cariosula) Pallary, 1910· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Cerigottella) E. Gittenberger, 1993· accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Rima) Pallary, 1910 (junior synonym)
  • Sphincterochila (Sphincterochila) Ancey, 1887 accepted, alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Zilchena) Forcart, 1972· accepted, alternate representation

Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.[2]

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.[3]

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

Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

Synonyms
  • Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913):[5] synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) – type species:[4] synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)
  • Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917:[5] synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881):[5] synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918):[5] synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856):[5] synonym of Albea mayrani (Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum)
    • Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)[5]
  • Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911):[5] synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)

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. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. 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. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Species in genus Sphincterochila (n=6). AnimalBase, accessed 10 April 2009.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 SPHINCTEROCHILIDAE. page 1 and page 2, Femorale, accessed 25 June 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 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.
  7. Steinberger Y. (1991). "Biology of Arid region Soils – Faunal Components". in J. Skujins. Semiarid Lands and Deserts: Soil Resource and Reclamation. Books in soils, plants and the environment. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.. pp. 187. ISBN 0-8247-8388-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nn8hKQ49z8gC&pg=PA187. 
  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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2345323 entry