''Clausilia'' is a
European
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.
[Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866744 on 2017-10-01]
Snails in this genus have left-handed coiling in their shells, which are very elongate in shape.
Species
Species within the genus ''Clausilia'' include:
AnimalBase.
* †''Clausilia baudoni
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' Michaud, 1862
* ''Clausilia bidentata
''Clausilia bidentata'', the two-toothed door snail, is a species of door snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the genus ''Clausilia'' belonging to the family Clausiliidae, all of which have a clausilium.
Su ...
'' (Strøm, 1765)
* ''Clausilia brembina
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' Strobel, 1850
* † ''Clausilia ceresolensis
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' H. Nordsieck, 2013
* ''Clausilia corynodes
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' Held, 1836
* ''Clausilia cruciata
''Clausilia cruciata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clausilia cruciata (S. Studer, 1820). Accessed t ...
'' (Studer, 1820)
* † '' Clausilia dehmi'' (H. Nordsieck, 2007)
* ''Clausilia dubia
''Clausilia dubia'' is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.MolluscaBase eds. ( ...
'' Draparnaud, 1805
* ''Clausilia gracilis
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' C. Pfeiffer, 1821
* ''Clausilia plicatula
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
'' Draparaud
* † '' Clausilia portisii'' Sacco, 1886
* † '' Clausilia produbia'' H. Nordsieck, 1976
* † '' Clausilia prostrobeli'' (H. Nordsieck, 2013)
* '' Clausilia pumila'' Pfeiffer, 1828
* † '' Clausilia rolfbrandti'' (Schlickum, 1969)
* '' Clausilia rugicollis'' Rossmässler, 1836
* '' Clausilia rugosa'' (Draparnaud, 1801)
* † '' Clausilia stranzendorfensis'' H. Nordsieck, 1990
* † '' Clausilia strauchiana'' H. Nordsieck, 1972
* '' Clausilia strobeli'' Strobel, 1850
* ''Clausilia ventricova
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. ...
''
* ''Clausilia whateliana
''Clausilia'' is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 18 ...
'' Charpentier, 1850
;Synonyms:
* Clausilia (Alinda) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855: synonym of '' Alinda'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
References
Clausiliidae
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