Macrogastra rolphii

Macrogastra rolphii
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
Genus: Macrogastra
Species: M. rolphii
Binomial name
Macrogastra rolphii
(Turton, 1826)

Macrogastra rolphii, known as Rolph’s door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed, in its coiling.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in Western Europe in the following islands and countries:

References


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