Species of gastropod
Sphincterochila cariosula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Sphincterochilidae.[2]
Subspecies
- Sphincterochila cariosula cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
- Sphincterochila cariosula hispanica (Westerlund, 1891) - synonym Helix hispanica. The subspecies is distributed in Spain.[3]
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria.[3] The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times.[4]
Shell description
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.[3] The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm.[4]
Habitat
Sphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts.[4]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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