Macrogastra plicatula
| Macrogastra plicatula | |
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| Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Macrogastra |
| Species: | M. plicatula
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| Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
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Macrogastra plicatula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]
- 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
[edit]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]
Distribution
[edit]Its native distribution is European:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[3]
- and others
Ecology
[edit]It inhabits woods.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116
- Pfeiffer, L. (1849). Nachträge zu L. Pfeiffer Monographia Heliceorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 6 (4): 66-79 [30 November 1849]; 6 (6): 81-95
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