Sphincterochila prophetarum
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| Drawing showing an apertural view of a shell of Sphincterochila prophetarum. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | S. prophetarum
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| Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
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Helix Prophetarum Bourguignat, 1852 | |
Sphincterochila prophetarum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.
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]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]
- ^ 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).
- ^ Species summary for Sphincterochila prophetarum. AnimalBase, last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
- ^ a b c George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 12.
Further reading
- Alona G., Shoreb L.S. & Steinberger Y. (2007). "Correlation between levels of sex hormones (progesterone, testosterone, and estrogen) and ecophysiological-behavior stages in two species of desert snails (Sphincterochila zonata and Sphincterochila prophetarum) in the Northern Negev Desert". General and Comparative Endocrinology 151(1): 122-127.
External links
- George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. Plate 2, figure 49-50..