Macrogastra

Macrogastra
The shell of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Tribe: Clausiliini
Genus: Macrogastra
Hartmann, 1841[1]
Type species
Pupa ventricosa
Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • 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

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.

  1. ^ (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).
  2. ^ 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