Sphincterochila candidissima

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Sphincterochila candidissima

A lateral view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima

A dorsal view of a live individual of Sphincterochila candidissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Sphincterochilidae
Genus:	Sphincterochila
Species:	S. candidissima
Binomial name
*Sphincterochila candidissima* (Draparnaud, 1801)^[1]
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Albea candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination) Helix candidissima Draparnaud, 1801 Leucochroa candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) Leucochroa liedtkei Kobelt, 1903 (junior synonym)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(Draparnaud, 1801) alternate representation Sphincterochila (Albea) candidissima candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination)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.^[2]

Subspecies

Sphincterochila candidissima crassa (Pallary, 1926) [1]

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.^[3]

The width of the shell is 16–25 mm.^[3]

References

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

^ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c 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	Wikidata: Q3765987 BOLD: 28612 CoL: 4YZB8 Fauna Europaea: 430911 Fauna Europaea (new): 8bdfafbb-48d7-4b6f-a72f-f333c14921a9 GBIF: 4565979 iNaturalist: 474527 NCBI: 266002 Open Tree of Life: 600167

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