Sphincterochila cariosula
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| Apertural view of the shell of Sphincterochila cariosula. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | S. cariosula
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| Sphincterochila cariosula | |
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Helix cariosula Michaud, 1833 | |
Sphincterochila cariosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.
Subspecies
- Sphincterochila cariosula cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
- Sphincterochila cariosula hispanica (Westerlund, 1891) - synonym Helix hispanica. The subspecies is distributed in Spain.[2]
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria.[2] The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times.[3]
Shell description
The 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.[2] The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm.[3]
Habitat
Sphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.