Sphincterochila
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| Sphincterochila | |
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| A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima | |
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| A dorsal view of a live Sphincterochila candidissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae |
| Genus: | Sphincterochila Ancey, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix boissieri Charpentier, 1847 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.[2]
Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.[3]
Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).
