Macrogastra ventricosa

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Macrogastra ventricosa
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Macrogastra ventricosa
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. ventricosa
Binomial name
Macrogastra ventricosa
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination)
  • Macrogastra (Macrogastra) ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)

Macrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. [2]

Subspecies
  • Macrogastra ventricosa brancsiki H. Nordsieck, 2006
  • Macrogastra ventricosa major (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Macrogastra ventricosa ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)

Distribution[]

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

Distribution of Macrogastra ventricosa

Description[]

The weight of the adult live snail is about 111.9 mg.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited July 7, 2007.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050403 on 2021-06-01
  3. ^ (in Finnish) http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/elainmuseo/selkarangattomat/tietoa/isosulkukotilo.htm
  4. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  5. ^ 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.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates

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