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Sphincterochila candidissima

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Species of gastropod

Sphincterochila candidissima
A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
A dorsal view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Sphincterochilidae
Genus: Sphincterochila
Species: S. candidissima
Binomial name
Sphincterochila candidissima
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Albea candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix candidissima Draparnaud, 1801
  • Leucochroa candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Leucochroa liedtkei Kobelt, 1903 (junior synonym)
  • Sphincterochila (Albea) candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) alternate representation
  • Sphincterochila (Albea) candidissima candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination)

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

Apertural view of a shell of Sphincterochila candidissima
Drawing of apertural, basal and apical view of a shell of Sphincterochila candidissima

Subspecies

  • Sphincterochila candidissima crassa (Pallary, 1926)

Distribution

This species occurs in France, Italy, Malta and other areas.

Shell description

The shell is subimperforate, globose, solid and cretaceous. The shell has 5 whorls, rather flattened, the upper ones carinate above the suture, carina afterwards becoming evanescent. The last whorl is deflected in front. The peristome is subpatulous, thickened within.

The width of the shell is 16–25 mm.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.

  1. Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. , 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050618 on 2022-06-19
  3. ^ Tryon G. W. Jr. (1887). Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 3. Helicidae - Volume I. page 10. Plate 2, figure 31–35.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.

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Taxon identifiers
Sphincterochila candidissima
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