Macrogastra plicatula
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Macrogastra plicatula central Bohemia.jpg
| image_caption = Two shells of Macrogastra plicatula
| taxon = Macrogastra plicatula
| authority = (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- Clausilia plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded combination)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)
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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.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
Image:Macrogastra plicatula 01.jpg
;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)
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.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|doi-access=free}}.
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Distribution
Its native distribution is European:
Ecology
It inhabits woods.
References
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- 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.
External links
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- [https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40947 Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300164 Pfeiffer, L. (1849). Nachträge zu L. Pfeiffer Monographia Heliceorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 6 (4): 66-79 [30 November 1849]; 6 (6): 81-95 ]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1801
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