Biology:Muticaria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Muticaria
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.381604 - Muticaria macrostoma oscitans (Charpentier, 1852) - Clausiliidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Muticaria macrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Alopiinae
Tribe:
Medorini[1]
Genus:
Muticaria

Lindholm, 1925[2]
Diversity[1]
3 species

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.[1][3]

Species

Species within the genus Clausilia include:

  • Muticaria macrostoma (Cantraine, 1835)[1] - synonyms: Clausilia scalaris Pfeiffer, 1850, type species[3]
  • Muticaria neuteboomi Beckmann, 1990[1]
  • Muticaria syracusana (Philippi, 1836)[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
  2. Lindholm W. A. (1925). "A supplement to the revised systematic list of the genera of the Clausiliidæ". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16(6): 261-266. page 262. PDF. (Subscription content?)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Genus summary for Muticaria. AnimalBase, last modified 19 October 2008, accessed 29 July 2011.

Wikidata ☰ Q6943919 entry