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词条 Sphincterochila prophetarum
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  1. Distribution

  2. Shell description

  3. References

  4. Further reading

  5. External links

{{Taxobox
| image = Sphincterochila prophetarum shell.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing showing an apertural view of a shell of Sphincterochila prophetarum.
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
| superfamilia = Helicoidea
| familia = Sphincterochilidae
| subfamilia = Sphincterochilinae
| genus = Sphincterochila
| subgenus =
| species = S. prophetarum
| binomial = Sphincterochila prophetarum
| binomial_authority = (Bourguignat, 1852)[1]
| synonyms =

Helix Prophetarum Bourguignat, 1852


}}

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

Distribution

The species occurs in Egypt (northeastern Egypt and Sinai Peninsula), southern Israel, Jordan, coastal mountains in western Saudi Arabia.[2]

Shell description

The shell is covered perforate, depressed, solid, striulate, cretaceous, white and with suture impressed. The shell has 4½ flattened or slightly convex whorls. The last whorl is very obsoletely angulated, rounded in front, shortly and

suddenly deflected.[3]

The width of the shell is 16 mm.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]

1. ^Bourguignat J. R. (1852). Testacea novissima quae Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1], 5-31. Lutetiae. (Baillière).
2. ^Species summary for Sphincterochila prophetarum. AnimalBase, last modified 02-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 12 April 2009.
3. ^George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch03tryorich Volume 3]. Helicidae - Volume I. [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch03tryorich#page/12/mode/2up page 12].

Further reading

  • Alona G., Shoreb L.S. & Steinberger Y. (2007). [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.12.014 "Correlation between levels of sex hormones (progesterone, testosterone, and estrogen) and ecophysiological-behavior stages in two species of desert snails (Sphincterochila zonata and Sphincterochila prophetarum) in the Northern Negev Desert"]. General and Comparative Endocrinology 151(1): 122-127.

External links

  • George Washington Tryon, Jr. 1887. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. [https://archive.org/details/manualconch03tryorich Volume 3]. Helicidae - Volume I. [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch03tryorich#page/n327/mode/2up Plate 2, figure 49-50.].
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2 : Sphincterochilidae|Gastropods described in 1852

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