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Sphincterochila insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Sphincterochilidae
Genus: Sphincterochila
Species:
S. insularis
Binomial name
Sphincterochila insularis
( Boettger, 1894) [1]
Synonyms

Leucochroa candidissima var. insularis Boettger, 1894

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

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.