Clausilia

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Clausilia
Clausilia rugosa reboudii MHNT.ZOO.2009.0.15.442 Shell.jpg
Shells of Clausilia rugosa reboudii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Tribe: Clausiliini
Genus: Clausilia
Draparnaud, 1805
Type species
Pupa rugosaDraparnaud, 1801
Synonyms [1]
  • Clausilia (Andraea)L. Pfeiffer, 1848· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Clausilia)Draparnaud, 1805· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Lombardiella)H. Nordsieck, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Neostyriaca)A.J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Neostyriaca)A. J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Strobeliella)H. Nordsieck, 1977· accepted, alternate representation
  • Glischrus (Clausilia)Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix (Clausilia)Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination)
  • NeostyriaA.J. Wagner, 1920
  • NeostyriacaA.J. Wagner, 1920
  • Neostyriaca (Lombardiella)H. Nordsieck, 2013
  • RupicolaW. Hartmann, 1841

Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. [1]

Snails in this genus have left-handed coiling in their shells, which are very elongate in shape.

Species

Species within the genus Clausilia include: [2]

Synonyms

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Alinda is a subgenus or genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The name Alinda Adams & Adams, 1855 cannot be used because the older name Plicaphora Hartmann, 1841 has as type * A junior synonym of Alinda's type species Turbo biplicatus Montagu, 1803.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866744 on 2017-10-01
  2. ↑ . AnimalBase.


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