Macrogastra ventricosa

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Macrogastra ventricosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. ventricosa
Binomial name
Macrogastra ventricosa
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia ventricosa(Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination)
  • Macrogastra (Macrogastra) ventricosa(Draparnaud, 1801)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa ventricosaDraparnaud, 1801 (original combination)

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

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Subspecies

Distribution

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

Distribution of Macrogastra ventricosa Macrogastra-ventricosa-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution of Macrogastra ventricosa

Description

The weight of the adult live snail is about 111.9 mg. [4]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050403 on 2021-06-01
  2. (in Finnish) http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/elainmuseo/selkarangattomat/tietoa/isosulkukotilo.htm
  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 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.