Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Macrogastra W. Hartmann, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996088 on 2020-08-25
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.
Species Species in this genus include:"Species in genus Macrogastra". AnimalBase, accessed 21 September 2009.
Macrogastra asphaltina (Rossmässler, 1836) Macrogastra attenuata (Rossmässler, 1835) Macrogastra badia (Pfeiffer, 1828) Macrogastra borealis (Boettger, 1878) Macrogastra densestriata (Rossmässler, 1836) † Macrogastra loryi (Michaud, 1862) Macrogastra mellae (Stabile, 1864) † Macrogastra multistriata H. Nordsieck, 1981 Macrogastra plicatula (Draparnaud, 1801) Macrogastra portensis (Luso da Silva, 1872) † Macrogastra reischuetzi H. Nordsieck, 2014 Macrogastra rolphii (Turton, 1826) † Macrogastra schlickumi (H. Nordsieck, 1972) † Macrogastra sessenheimensis (H. Nordsieck, 1974) Macrogastra tumida (Rossmässler, 1836) Macrogastra ventricosa (Draparnaud, 1801) - type species † Macrogastra vindobonensis (Papp & Thenius, 1954) † Macrogastra voesendorfensis (Papp & Thenius, 1954)
References
Luso da Silva, A. 1872. Molluscos [sic] terrestres e fluviaes de Portugal. (Continuação). - Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes 3: 257-261. Lisboa. Nordsieck, H. (1977). Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Clausilien, XVIII. Neue Taxa rezenter Clausilien. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 108 (1/3): 73‑107. Frankfurt am Main Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Hartmann, J.D.W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten, i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840]; 37-116, pl. 13-36 ; 117-156, pl. 37-60 ; 157-204, pl. 61-72 ; 205-227, pl. 73-84 . St. Gallen.