Macrogastra

Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. [2]

Macrogastra
The shell of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Clausilioidei
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
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

Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.

Species

Species in this genus include:[3]

  • Macrogastra asphaltina (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Macrogastra attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Macrogastra badia (Pfeiffer, 1828)
  • Macrogastra borealis (Boettger, 1878)
  • Macrogastra densestriata (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • † Macrogastra loryi (Michaud, 1862)
  • Macrogastra mellae (Stabile, 1864)
  • † Macrogastra multistriata H. Nordsieck, 1981
  • Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Macrogastra portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872)
  • † Macrogastra reischuetzi H. Nordsieck, 2014
  • Macrogastra rolphii (Turton, 1826)
  • † Macrogastra schlickumi (H. Nordsieck, 1972)
  • † Macrogastra sessenheimensis (H. Nordsieck, 1974)
  • Macrogastra tumida (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species
  • † Macrogastra vindobonensis (Papp & Thenius, 1954)
  • † Macrogastra voesendorfensis (Papp & Thenius, 1954)

References
  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
  3. "Species in genus Macrogastra". AnimalBase, accessed 21 September 2009.
  • Nordsieck, H. (1977). Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 108 (1/3): 73‑107. Frankfurt am Main
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017


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