Macrogastra plicatula

Macrogastra plicatula
Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. plicatula
Binomial name
Macrogastra plicatula
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia cruda Rossmässler, 1835 (junior synonym)
  • Clausilia inuncta L. Pfeiffer, 1849 (junior synonym)
  • Clausilia plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination)
  • Macrogastra (Macrogastra) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)

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

Macrogastra plicatula nana
Subspecies
  • Macrogastra plicatula amiatensis H. Nordsieck, 2006
  • Macrogastra plicatula apennina (Gentiluomo, 1868)
  • Macrogastra plicatula aprutica H. Nordsieck, 2006
  • Macrogastra plicatula licana (A. J. Wagner, 1912)
  • Macrogastra plicatula nana (Parreyss in Schmidt 1857)
  • Macrogastra plicatula plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Macrogastra plicatula plicosula (M. von Gallenstein, 1852)
  • Macrogastra plicatula superflua (Charpentier, 1852)

Description

Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium. The weight of the adult live snail is 66.0±1.6 mg.[2]

The clausilium of Macrogastra plicatula

Distribution

Its native distribution is European:

Ecology

It inhabits woods.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050411 on 2021-06-01
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • Rossmässler, E. A. (1835-1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 1 (1): VI + 1–132. pl. 1-5
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
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