Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud 1801)

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

Subspecies

• Macrogastra plicatula amiatensis H. Nordsieck, 2006
• Macrogastra plicatula apennina (Gentiluomo, 1868)
• Macrogastra plicatula aprutica H. Nordsieck, 2006
• Macrogastra plicatula licana (A. J. Wagner, 1912)
• Macrogastra plicatula plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801)
• Macrogastra plicatula plicosula (M. von Gallenstein, 1852)
• Macrogastra plicatula superflua (Charpentier, 1852)

Description

Like all the species in this family, Macrogastra plicatula has a clausilium. The weight of the adult live snail is 66.0±1.6 mg.^[2]

The clausilium of Macrogastra plicatula

Distribution

Its native distribution is European:

• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Ukraine^[3]
• and others

Ecology

It inhabits woods.

References

• 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 16th, 2017
• Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.