Clausilia dubia

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Clausilia dubia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Clausilia
Species:
C. dubia
Binomial name
Clausilia dubia
Draparnaud, 1805
Synonyms
  • Clausilia (Andraea) dubiaDraparnaud, 1805· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Clausilia) dubiaDraparnaud, 1805

Clausilia dubia is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. [2]

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Subspecies

Distribution

The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including (among others): [1]

Description

All the species of snails in the family of door snails are left-handed, which is an uncommon feature in gastropods in general. These snails have shells which are extremely high-spired, with numerous whorls.

Clausilia dubia is a relatively large species for this family, reaching 16 mm in height.

The weight of the adult live snail is about 123 mg. [4]

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Ruthenica filograna is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

<i>Laciniaria plicata</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Orcula dolium</i> Species of gastropod

Orcula dolium is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orculidae.

<i>Ena montana</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Clausilia</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. 1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Clausilia dubia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T171379A85578820. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171379A85578820.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050049 on 2020-08-17
  3. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  4. ↑ Boch, Steffen; Prati, Daniel; Werth, Silke; Rüetschi, Jörg; Fischer, Markus & Evans, Darren Mark (2011). "Lichen endozoochory by snails". PLOS ONE. 6 (4): e18770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018770 . PMC   3076439 . PMID   21533256.


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