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
Synonyms[1]

Rupicola W. Hartmann, 1841

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.[1]

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

Species

Species within the genus Clausilia include:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866744 on 2017-10-01
  2. . AnimalBase.


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