Macrogastra ventricosa

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Macrogastra ventricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. ventricosa
Binomial name
Macrogastra ventricosa
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination)
  • Macrogastra (Macrogastra) ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)

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

Subspecies
  • Macrogastra ventricosa brancsiki H. Nordsieck, 2006
  • Macrogastra ventricosa major (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Macrogastra ventricosa ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

Distribution of Macrogastra ventricosa

Description

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