Macrogastra plicatula

Macrogastra plicatula
	Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Macrogastra
Species:	M. plicatula
Binomial name
	Macrogastra plicatula; (Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
	Clausilia cruda Rossmässler, 1835 (junior synonym); Clausilia inuncta L. Pfeiffer, 1849 (junior synonym); Clausilia plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination); Macrogastra (Macrogastra) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801); Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801);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 plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
Macrogastra plicatula plicosula (M. von Gallenstein, 1852)
Macrogastra plicatula superflua (Charpentier, 1852)

Description

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

Its native distribution is European:

Ecology

It inhabits woods.

References

^ 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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[WoRMS-1] 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

[2] 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-3] Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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