Sphincterochila baetica
| Sphincterochila baetica | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Sphincterochila baetica. | |
| 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. baetica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854) | |
Sphincterochila baetica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Spain, Morocco, and Algeria.[1]
Shell description
The shell is globose, solid, whitish ash-color. The shell has 5 whorls which are very slowly increasing, the upper ones carious-rugulose, the penultimate about as broad as the last. The last whorl is more or less angulated on the periphery, and rounded in front.[1]
The aperture is widely lunate, angulated exteriorly. The peristome is internally sublabiate.[1]
The width of the shell is 25 mm.[1]
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Apical view of the shell of Sphincterochila baetica.
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Basal view of the shell ofSphincterochila baetica.
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tryon G. W. (1887). Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 11.
External links
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=2672
- George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. Plate 2, figure 36-37..