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. [1]
The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed, in its coiling.
This species is known to occur in Western Europe in the following islands and countries:
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.
Subspecies Macrogastra rolphii digonostoma (Bourguignat, 1877) Macrogastra rolphii portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872) Macrogastra rolphii rolphii (W. Turton, 1826)De gekielde clausilia (Macrogastra rolphii) is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Clausiliidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1826 door Turton.
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