Sphincterochila cariosula
| Sphincterochila cariosula | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Sphincterochila cariosula. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphincterochilinae |
| Genus: | Sphincterochila |
| Species: | S. cariosula |
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Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix cariosula Michaud, 1833 |
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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.
The indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria. The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times.
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. The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm.
Sphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts.
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