Macrogastra ventricosa

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  • Clausilia ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) (superseded generic combination)
  • Macrogastra (Macrogastra) ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)

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Macrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050403 on 2021-06-01

;Subspecies:

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

Distribution

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

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Description

The weight of the adult live snail is about 111.9 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}}.

References

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  • 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