Sphincterochila prophetarum

Sphincterochila prophetarum

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

Appearance

The shell is perforate, depressed, solid, stridulate, 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.

The width of the shell is 16 mm.

Distribution

The species occurs in Egypt, southern Israel, Jordan, and in the coastal mountains of western Saudi Arabia.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilySphincterochilidae
GenusSphincterochila
SpeciesS. prophetarum
Photographed in
Israel