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Macrogastra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Clausilioidea

Subfamily
  
Clausiliinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Clausiliidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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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

    • References

    Macrogastra Wikipedia
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