''Macrogastra'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Clausiliinae of the family
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBa ...
, the door snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra W. Hartmann, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996088 on 2020-08-25]
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.
Species
Species in this genus include:
"Species in genus ''Macrogastra''"
AnimalBase, accessed 21 September 2009.
* '' Macrogastra asphaltina'' (Rossmässler, 1836)
* ''Macrogastra attenuata
''Macrogastra attenuata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835). Accessed ...
'' (Rossmässler, 1835)
* '' Macrogastra badia'' (Pfeiffer, 1828)
* '' Macrogastra borealis'' (Boettger, 1878)
* '' Macrogastra densestriata'' (Rossmässler, 1836)
* † '' Macrogastra loryi'' (Michaud, 1862)
* '' Macrogastra mellae'' (Stabile, 1864)
* † '' Macrogastra multistriata'' H. Nordsieck, 1981
* ''Macrogastra plicatula
''Macrogastra plicatula'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed ...
'' (Draparnaud, 1801)
* '' Macrogastra portensis'' (Luso da Silva, 1872)
* † '' Macrogastra reischuetzi'' H. Nordsieck, 2014
* '' Macrogastra rolphii'' (Turton, 1826)
* † '' Macrogastra schlickumi'' (H. Nordsieck, 1972)
* † '' Macrogastra sessenheimensis'' (H. Nordsieck, 1974)
* '' Macrogastra tumida'' (Rossmässler, 1836)
* '' Macrogastra ventricosa'' (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species
* † '' Macrogastra vindobonensis'' (Papp & Thenius, 1954)
* † '' Macrogastra voesendorfensis'' (Papp & Thenius, 1954)
References
* Luso da Silva, A. 1872. Molluscos icterrestres e fluviaes de Portugal. (Continuação). - Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes 3: 257-261. Lisboa.
* Nordsieck, H. (1977). Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 108 (1/3): 73‑107. Frankfurt am Main
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840
37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen.]
Clausiliidae
Gastropod genera
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