Sphincterochila

Sphincterochila is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Sphincterochilidae.

Sphincterochila is the type genus of the family Sphincterochilidae.

Species in the genus Sphincterochila are arid-adapted (adapted to living in very dry conditions).

Species
Species in the genus Sphincterochila include:
 * Sphincterochila baetica (Rossmässler, 1854)
 * † Sphincterochila baumbergeri (Wenz, 1936)
 * Sphincterochila candidissima (Draparnaud, 1801)
 * Sphincterochila cariosa (Olivier, 1801) – shell description
 * Sphincterochila cariosula (Michaud, 1833)
 * Sphincterochila chionudiscus (Boettger, 1874)
 * Sphincterochila cyrenaica Sturany, 1908
 * Sphincterochila debeauxi elevata Pallary, 1910
 * Sphincterochila fimbriata (Bourguignat, 1852)
 * Sphincterochila illicita (Mousson, 1874)
 * Sphincterochila insularis (Boettger, 1894)
 * † Sphincterochila jodoti Rey, 1974
 * Sphincterochila maroccana Pallary, 1917
 * Sphincterochila maroccana conica Pallary, 1926
 * Sphincterochila maroccana depressa Pallary, 1926
 * Sphincterochila maroccana major Pallary, 1926
 * Sphincterochila maroccana minor Pallary, 1926
 * Sphincterochila maroccana tananensis Pallary, 1917
 * Sphincterochila mixta Kaltenbach, 1950
 * Sphincterochila pagodula (Rutland, 1878)
 * Sphincterochila pagodula umbilicata (Ruttland, 1878)
 * Sphincterochila pardoi Llabador, 1950
 * Sphincterochila prophetarum (Bourguignat, 1852)
 * Sphincterochila tunetana (Pfeiffer, 1850)
 * Sphincterochila zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)


 * Synonyms:
 * Sphincterochila aharonii (Kobelt, 1913) : synonym of Leucochroa aharonii Kobelt, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)
 * Sphincterochila boissieri (Charpentier, 1847) – type species: synonym of Sphincterochila zonata zonata (Bourguignat, 1853)
 * Sphincterochila corrugata Pallary, 1917 : synonym of Albea mayrani var. corrugata Pallary, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
 * Sphincterochila debeauxi (Kobelt, 1881) : synonym of Leucochroa debeauxi Kobelt, 1881 (taxon inquirendum)
 * Sphincterochila marteli (Pallary, 1918) : synonym of Albea marteli Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)
 * Sphincterochila mayrani (Gassies, 1856) : synonym of Albea mayrani (Gassies, 1856) (taxon inquirendum)
 * Sphincterochila mayrani turrita (Gassies, 1856)
 * Sphincterochila roumensiana (Pallary, 1911) : synonym of Albea roumensiana Pallary, 1918 (taxon inquirednum)

Comparison of apertural views of shells of five Sphincterochila species: