Macrogastra attenuata

Macrogastra attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species: M. attenuata
Binomial name
Macrogastra attenuata
(Rossmässler, 1835)

Macrogastra attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

Distribution

Distribution of this snail include:

Description

The weight of the adult live snail is about 128.7 mg.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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