Sphincterochilidae
| Sphincterochilidae Temporal range: Eocene–recent |
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| A live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
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Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1910) |
Sphincterochilidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In the fossil record, Sphincterochilidae are known from the upper Eocene to the Holocene.
The distribution of Sphincterochilidae includes the western-Palearctic zone.
The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Genera within the family Sphincterochilidae include:
Sphincterochilinae
† Pseudoleptaxinae
Sphincterochilidae land snails are xerothermophilous, i.e. they are well adapted to hot dry places.
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