Muticaria macrostoma

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Muticaria macrostoma
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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M. macrostoma
Binomial name
Muticaria macrostoma
(Cantraine, 1835)
Synonyms [2]
  • Clausilia macrosoma Cantraine, 1835
  • Clausilia scalaris Pfeiffer, 1850

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

This species is endemic to the Mediterranean island of Malta.

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References

  1. De Mattia, W. (2017). "Muticaria macrostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T14029A86145536. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T14029A86145536.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Synonyms of Clausilia macrostoma". AnimalBase, accessed 29 July 2011.