Sphincterochila cariosula


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

Subspecies

Sphincterochila cariosula cariosula Sphincterochila cariosula hispanica - synonym Helix hispanica. The subspecies is distributed in Spain.

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of the species is Algeria. The species was introduced to Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain and to western Mallorca in historical times.

Shell description

The shell is subimperforate, carinate, globosely convex above, carious, somewhat flattened below, soiled white, with a tubercularly eroded filiform sutural carina. The shell has 5 somewhat flattened whorls. The upper margin of the aperture is subdeflected. The width of the shell is 16–19 mm and the height is 11–15 mm.

Habitat

Sphincterochila cariosula occurs in scrublands and in semideserts.