- Muticaria macrostoma
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Muticaria macrostoma Conservation status 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: Alopiinae Tribe: Medorini Genus: Muticaria Species: M. macrostoma Binomial name Muticaria macrostoma
(Cantraine, 1835)Synonyms[2] - Clausilia macrosoma Cantraine, 1835
- Clausilia scalaris Pfeiffer, 1850
Muticaria macrostoma is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This species is endemic to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
References
- ^ Schembri P. J. 1996. Muticaria macrostoma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ "Synonyms of Clausilia macrostoma". AnimalBase, accessed 29 July 2011.
External links
- "Species summary for Muticaria macrostoma". AnimalBase.
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