Macrogastra | |
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The shell of Macrogastra plicatula | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Subfamily: | Clausiliinae |
Tribe: | Clausiliini |
Genus: |
Macrogastra Hartmann, 1841 [1] |
Type species | |
Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801
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Synonyms | |
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Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. [2]
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.
Species in this genus include: [3]
Macrogastra | |
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The shell of Macrogastra plicatula | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Subfamily: | Clausiliinae |
Tribe: | Clausiliini |
Genus: |
Macrogastra Hartmann, 1841 [1] |
Type species | |
Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801
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Synonyms | |
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Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. [2]
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.
Species in this genus include: [3]