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1835 (junior synonym); Clausilia inuncta L. Pfeiffer, 1849 (junior synonym); Clausilia plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination); Macrogastra (Macrogastra) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801); Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801);

Macrogastra plicatula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.^[1]

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]

Its native distribution is European:

It inhabits woods.

^ 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.

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