Macrogastra
Encyclopedia
Macrogastra is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
, the door snails.
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, common name door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the door snails.
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::- Macrogastra asphaltina (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Macrogastra attenuataMacrogastra attenuataMacrogastra attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Distribution:Distribution of this snail include:* Germany...
(Rossmässler, 1835) - Macrogastra badiaMacrogastra badiaMacrogastra badia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic - in Bohemia only....
(Pfeiffer, 1828) - Macrogastra borealisMacrogastra borealisMacrogastra borealis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.- Distribution :The native distribution of this species is Baltic and Carpathian.It occurs in the following countries:...
(Boettger, 1878) - Macrogastra densestriata (Rossmässler, 1836)
- Macrogastra mellae (Stabile, 1864)
- Macrogastra plicatulaMacrogastra plicatulaMacrogastra plicatula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Description:Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium....
(Draparnaud, 1801) - Macrogastra portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872)
- Macrogastra rolphiiMacrogastra rolphiiMacrogastra rolphii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed, in its coiling.-Distribution:...
(Turton, 1826) - Macrogastra tumidaMacrogastra tumidaMacrogastra tumida is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.- Distribution :This species occurs in the Czech Republic...
(Rossmässler, 1836) - Macrogastra ventricosaMacrogastra ventricosaMacrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.-Distribution:This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:* Norway* Sweden* Finland* Estonia...
(Draparnaud, 1801) - type species