Genus of gastropods
Macrogastra
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The shell of Macrogastra plicatula
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Order:
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Stylommatophora
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Family:
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Clausiliidae
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Subfamily:
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Clausiliinae
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Tribe:
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Clausiliini
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Genus:
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Macrogastra Hartmann, 1841[1]
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Type species
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Pupa ventricosa
Draparnaud, 1801
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Synonyms
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- Clausilia (Pirostoma) Moellendorff, 1873 (unjustified emendation)
- Macrogastra (Macrogastra) W. Hartmann, 1841· accepted, alternate representation
- Macrogastra (Pseudovestia) H. Nordsieck, 1977· accepted, alternate representation
- Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) Vest, 1867· accepted, alternate representation
- Pirostoma Moellendorff, 1873
- Pirostoma (Pirostoma) Möllendorff, 1873
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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.
- ^ (in German) Hartmann J. D. W. 1844. Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten. I. Band. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra W. Hartmann, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996088 on 2020-08-25