Macrogastra

Genus of gastropods

Macrogastra
The shell of Macrogastra plicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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.

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.
  • Luso da Silva, A. 1872. Molluscos [sic] terrestres e fluviaes de Portugal. (Continuação). - Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes 3: 257-261. Lisboa.
  • 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 16, 2017

External links

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  • Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840]; 37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen.
Taxon identifiers
Macrogastra


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