Clausilia

Clausilia
Shells of Clausilia rugosa reboudii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Tribe: Clausiliini
Genus: Clausilia
Draparnaud, 1805

Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Snails in this genus have left-handed coiling in their shells, which are very elongate in shape.

Species

Species within the genus Clausilia include:[1]

References


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