Sphincterochila
# Sphincterochila

Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.

Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).

## Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:

* Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)
* † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936)
* Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
* Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1801) – shell description
* Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
* Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874)
* Sphincterochila cyrenaica Sturany, 1908
   * Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910
* Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)
* Sphincterochila illicita (Mousson, 1874)
* Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894)
* † Sphincterochila jodoti Rey, 1974
* Sphincterochila maroccana Pallary, 1917
   * Sphincterochila maroccana conica Pallary, 1926
   * Sphincterochila maroccana depressa Pallary, 1926
   * Sphincterochila maroccana major Pallary, 1926
   * Sphincterochila maroccana minor Pallary, 1926
   * Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis Pallary, 1917
* Sphincterochila mixta Kaltenbach, 1950
* Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878)
   * Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878)
* Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950
* Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
* Sphincterochila tunetana (Pfeiffer, 1850)
* Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)

### Synonyms

* Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913): synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
* Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) – type species: synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)
* Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917: synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
* Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881): synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum)
* Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918): synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)
* Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856): synonym of Albea mayrani (Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum)
   * Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)
* Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911): synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)

Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species:

* Sphincterochila baetica
* Sphincterochila boissieri
* Sphincterochila candidissima
* Sphincterochila cariosula
* Sphincterochila prophetarum
