Macrogastra

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Clausilioidea Subfamily Clausiliinae Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Family Clausiliidae Phylum Mollusca

Similar Macrogastra plicatula, Clausilia, Cochlodina laminata, Clausilia dubia, Laciniaria plicata

Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, 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.

Species

Species in this genus include:

Macrogastra asphaltina (Rossmässler, 1836)

Macrogastra attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Macrogastra badia (Pfeiffer, 1828)

Macrogastra borealis (Boettger, 1878)

Macrogastra densestriata (Rossmässler, 1836)

Macrogastra mellae (Stabile, 1864)

Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)

Macrogastra portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872)

Macrogastra rolphii (Turton, 1826)

Macrogastra tumida (Rossmässler, 1836)

Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species

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