Macrogastra plicatula

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Macrogastra plicatula
Macrogastra plicatula central Bohemia.jpg
Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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  • Clausilia plicatula(Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination)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)

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

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Subspecies

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]

The clausilium of Macrogastra plicatula Macrogastra plicatula clausilium.jpg
The clausilium of Macrogastra plicatula

Distribution

Its native distribution is European:

Ecology

It inhabits woods.

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References

  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.
  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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