Clausilia dubia

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 Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Clausilioidea
Family:	Clausiliidae
Subfamily:	Clausiliinae
Tribe:	Clausiliini
Genus:	Clausilia
Species:	C. dubia
Binomial name
Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805

Clausilia 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

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. cited July 7 2007.
2. ^ 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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