Macrogastra
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Macrogastra | |
|---|---|
.jpeg) | |
| The shell of Macrogastra plicatula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Clausiliinae |
| Tribe: | Clausiliini |
| Genus: | Macrogastra Hartmann, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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.
