''Muticaria'' is a genus of small, air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

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 (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Muticaria'' includes Southeastern Sicilia in Italy and Malta."Genus summary for ''Muticaria''
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Species

Species within the genus ''Clausilia'' include: * ''

Muticaria macrostoma ''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 islan ...

'' (Cantraine, 1835) - synonyms: ''Clausilia scalaris'' Pfeiffer, 1850, type species * '' Muticaria neuteboomi'' Beckmann, 1990 * ''

Muticaria syracusana ''Muticaria'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. Distribution Distribution of the genus ''Muticaria'' incl ...

'' (Philippi, 1836)Colomba M. S., Gregorini A., Liberto F., Reitano A., Giglio S. & Sparacio I. (2010). "Molecular analysis of ''Muticaria syracusana'' and ''M. neuteboomi'' from Southeastern Sicily, Italy (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)". ''

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References

Clausiliidae Taxa named by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm Gastropod genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Clausiliidae-stub