Sphincterochila insularis

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

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

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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