- Clausilia dubia
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Clausilia dubia Conservation status NE[1]Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Clausilioidea Family: Clausiliidae Subfamily: Clausiliinae Tribe: Clausiliini Genus: Clausilia Species: C. dubia Binomial name Clausilia dubia
Draparnaud, 1805Clausilia dubia is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
Distribution
The species occurs in Europe, living in countries and islands including:
- Great Britain, the north of England
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
Description
All the species of snails in the family of door snails are left-handed, which is an uncommon feature in gastropods in general. These snails have shells which are extremely high-spired, with numerous whorls.
Clausilia dubia is a relatively large species for this family, reaching 16 mm in height.
The weight of the adult live snail is about 122.5 mg.[2]
References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited July 7 2007.
- ^ 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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