Macrogastra attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.[1]

Macrogastra attenuata
M. attenuata sabaudina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Tribe: Clausiliini
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. attenuata
Binomial name
Macrogastra attenuata
(Rossmässler, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia attenuata Rossmässler, 1835 (original combination)
  • Macrogastra (Pyrostoma) attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835)· accepted, alternate representation
Subspecies
  • Macrogastra attenuata attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835)
  • Macrogastra attenuata iriana (Pollonera, 1885)
  • Macrogastra attenuata lineolata (Held, 1836)
  • Macrogastra attenuata modulata (A. Schmidt, 1856)
  • Macrogastra attenuata sabaudina (Bourguignat, 1877)
  • Macrogastra attenuata tenuistriata (Pini, 1879)

Distribution

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Distribution of this snail include:

Description

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The weight of the adult live snail is about 128.7 mg.[2]

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050406 on 2021-06-01
  2. ^ a b 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.
  • Rossmässler, E. A. (1835-1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 1 (1): VI + 1–132. pl. 1-5
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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