Macrogastra plicatula

Macrogastra plicatula
	Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Macrogastra
Species:	M. plicatula
Binomial name
	Macrogastra plicatula; (Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
	Clausilia crudaRossmässler, 1835 (junior synonym); Clausilia inunctaL. Pfeiffer, 1849 (junior synonym); Clausilia plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination); Macrogastra (Macrogastra) plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801); Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801);

Last updated June 09, 2025

Macrogastra plicatula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.^[1]

Macrogastra plicatula amiatensisH. Nordsieck, 2006
Macrogastra plicatula apennina(Gentiluomo, 1868)
Macrogastra plicatula apruticaH. Nordsieck, 2006
Macrogastra plicatula licana(A. J. Wagner, 1912)
Macrogastra plicatula nana(Parreyss in Schmidt 1857)
Macrogastra plicatula plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra plicatula plicosula(M. von Gallenstein, 1852)
Macrogastra plicatula superflua(Charpentier, 1852)

Description

Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium. The weight of the adult live snail is 66.0±1.6 mg.^[2]

Distribution

Its native distribution is European:

Ecology

It inhabits woods.

References

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050411 on 2021-06-01
↑ Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0018770 .
↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

Rossmässler, E. A. (1835-1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 1 (1): VI + 1–132. pl. 1-5
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050411 on 2021-06-01

[2] Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0018770 .

[Balashov-3] Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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Macrogastra plicatula

Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Macrogastra
Species:	M. plicatula
Binomial name
*Macrogastra plicatula* (Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
Clausilia crudaRossmässler, 1835 (junior synonym) Clausilia inunctaL. Pfeiffer, 1849 (junior synonym) Clausilia plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination) Macrogastra (Macrogastra) plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801) Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801)