Macrogastra plicatula
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| Macrogastra plicatula | |
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| Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Macrogastra |
| Species: | M. plicatula |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 nana (Parreyss in Schmidt 1857)
- Macrogastra plicatula plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Macrogastra plicatula plicosula (M. von Gallenstein, 1852)
- Macrogastra plicatula superflua (Charpentier, 1852)
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:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[3]
- and others