Sphincterochila insularis

Sphincterochila insularis
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. insularis
Binomial name
Sphincterochila insularis
(Boettger, 1894)[1]
Synonyms

Leucochroa candidissima var. insularis Boettger, 1894

Sphincterochila insularis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.

Distribution

This species occurs on Antikythera island in Greece.[2]

References

  1. Boettger O. (1894). Die Binnenschnecken der griechischen Inseln Cerigo und Cerigotto. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 26 (1/2): 1-12. Frankfurt am Main.
  2. Species summary for Sphincterochila insularis. AnimalBase, last modified 26-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 11 April 2009.


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