Sphincterochila cariosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Sphincterochilidae.[2]
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| Five views of a shell of Sphincterochila cariosula. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae |
| Genus: | Sphincterochila |
| Species: | S. cariosula
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| Sphincterochila cariosula | |
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Subspecies
edit- Sphincterochila cariosula cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
- Sphincterochila cariosula hispanica (Westerlund, 1891) - synonym Helix hispanica. The subspecies is distributed in Spain.[3]
Distribution
editThe indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria.[3] The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times.[4]
Shell description
editThe shell is subimperforate, carinate, globosely convex above, carious, somewhat flattened below, soiled white, with a tubercularly eroded filiform sutural carina. The shell has 5 somewhat flattened whorls. The upper margin of the aperture is subdeflected.[3] The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm.[4]
Habitat
editSphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts.[4]
References
editThis article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]
- ^ Michaud A.-L.-G. [1833]. Catalogue des testacés vivans envoyés d'Alger par M. Rozet, capitaine au Corps Royal d'État-Major, au Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg 1: 1-22.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050620 on 2022-06-19
- ^ a b c d George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 13–14.
- ^ a b c Species summary for Sphincterochila cariosula. AnimalBase, last modified 26-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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