Muticaria is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
Distribution Distribution of the genus Muticaria includes Southeastern Sicilia in Italy and Malta."Genus summary for Muticaria. AnimalBase, last modified 19 October 2008, accessed 29 July 2011.
Species Species within the genus Clausilia include: Muticaria macrostoma (Cantraine, 1835) - synonyms: Clausilia scalaris Pfeiffer, 1850, type species Muticaria neuteboomi Beckmann, 1990 Muticaria syracusana (Philippi, 1836)Colomba M. S., Gregorini A., Liberto F., Reitano A., Giglio S. & Sparacio I. (2010). "Molecular analysis of Muticaria syracusana and M. neuteboomi from Southeastern Sicily, Italy (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)". Biodiversity Journal 1: 7-14. PDF.
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