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Macrogastra
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Macrogastra

Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Macrogastra plicatula

speciesMacrogastra plicatula

Macrogastra ventricosa

speciesMacrogastra ventricosa

Rolph's Door-snail

speciesMacrogastra rolphii

Macrogastra attenuata

speciesMacrogastra attenuata

Macrogastra mellae

speciesMacrogastra mellae

Macrogastra bergeri

speciesMacrogastra bergeri

Macrogastra tumida

speciesMacrogastra tumida

Macrogastra borealis

speciesMacrogastra borealis

Macrogastra badia

speciesMacrogastra badia

Macrogastra densestriata

speciesMacrogastra densestriata

Macrogastra schmidtii

speciesMacrogastra schmidtii

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149880.