Sphincterochila insularis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Sphincterochilidae |
| Genus: | Sphincterochila |
| Species: | S. insularis
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| Sphincterochila insularis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leucochroa candidissima var. insularis Boettger, 1894 | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs on Antikythera island in Greece.[2]
References
edit- ^ Boettger O. (1894). Die Binnenschnecken der griechischen Inseln Cerigo und Cerigotto. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 26 (1/2): 1-12. Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Species summary for Sphincterochila insularis. AnimalBase, last modified 26-09-2008 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 11 April 2009.
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