Sphincterochila prophetarum
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| Drawing showing an apertural view of a shell of Sphincterochila prophetarum. | |
| 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. prophetarum |
| Binomial name | |
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Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix Prophetarum Bourguignat, 1852 |
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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.
The species occurs in Egypt (northeastern Egypt and Sinai Peninsula), southern Israel, Jordan, coastal mountains in western Saudi Arabia.
The shell is covered perforate, depressed, solid, striulate, 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.
The width of the shell is 16 mm.
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