Macrogastra rolphii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Genus: | Macrogastra |
Species: | M. rolphii |
Binomial name | |
Macrogastra rolphii (Turton, 1826) | |
Synonyms | |
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Macrogastra rolphii, known as Rolph's door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. [1]
The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed, in its coiling.
This species is known to occur in Western Europe in the following islands and countries:
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