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    Sphincterochila prophetarum

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    Sphincterochila prophetarum
    Sphincterochila prophetarum shell.jpg
    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
    Sphincterochila prophetarum
    (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
    Synonyms

    Helix Prophetarum Bourguignat, 1852

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

    Distribution[edit]

    The species occurs in Egypt (northeastern Egypt and Sinai Peninsula), southern Israel, Jordan, and in the coastal mountains of western Saudi Arabia.[2]

    Shell description[edit]

    The shell is perforate, depressed, solid, stridulate, 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.[3]

    The width of the shell is 16 mm.[3]

    References[edit]

    This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]

    1. ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1852). Testacea novissima quae Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1], 5-31. Lutetiae. (Baillière).
    2. ^ Species summary for Sphincterochila prophetarum. AnimalBase, last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
    3. ^ a b c George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 12.

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