Macrogastra attenuata

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

Macrogastra attenuata
Scientific classification
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Clausiliinae
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M. attenuata
Binomial name
Macrogastra attenuata
(Rossmässler, 1835)

Distribution

Distribution of this snail include:

Description

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

References

  1. 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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