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.

Species

Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:Sphincterochila baetica

† Sphincterochila baumbergeri Sphincterochila candidissima Sphincterochila cariosa – Sphincterochila cariosula Sphincterochila chionudiscus Sphincterochila cyrenaica Sturany, 1908
* Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910Sphincterochila fimbriata Sphincterochila illicita Sphincterochila insularis
† Sphincterochila jodoti Rey, 1974Sphincterochila 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, 1917Sphincterochila mixta Kaltenbach, 1950Sphincterochila pagodula
* Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950Sphincterochila prophetarum Sphincterochila tunetana Sphincterochila zonata

;Synonyms:Sphincterochila aharonii : synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 Sphincterochila boissieri – type species: synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917: synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 Sphincterochila debeauxi : synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 Sphincterochila marteli : synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 Sphincterochila mayrani : synonym of Albea mayrani

* Sphincterochila mayrani turrita Sphincterochila roumensiana : synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918

Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species: