Macrogastra rolphii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Macrogastra
Species:
M. rolphii
Binomial name
Macrogastra rolphii
(Turton, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Clausilia rolphii W. Turton, 1826 (original combination)
  • Clausilia rolphii var. pellucida J. W. Taylor, 1883 (invalid; not L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Macrogastra (Pseudovestia) rolphii (W. Turton, 1826)· accepted, alternate representation

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.

Subspecies
  • Macrogastra rolphii digonostoma (Bourguignat, 1877)
  • Macrogastra rolphii portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872)
  • Macrogastra rolphii rolphii (W. Turton, 1826)

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra rolphii (W. Turton, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050404 on 2021-06-01
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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