Macrogastra plicatula
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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| Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Clausiliinae |
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| Species: | M. plicatula |
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| Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Description
Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium.
The clausilium of Macrogastra plicatula
Description
The weight of the adult live snail is 66.0±1.6 mg.[3]
Ecology
It inhabits woods.
References
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited October 21, 2007.
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- 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.
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