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Macrogastra plicatula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Clausilioidea

Subfamily
  
Clausiliinae

Scientific name
  
Macrogastra plicatula

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Clausiliidae

Genus
  
Macrogastra

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Macrogastra, Clausilia dubia, Cochlodina laminata, Laciniaria plicata, Ruthenica filograna

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

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Description

Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium.

Distribution

Its native distribution is European:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
  • and others
  • Description

    The weight of the adult live snail is 66.0±1.6 mg.

    Ecology

    It inhabits woods.

    References

    Macrogastra plicatula Wikipedia