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Clausilia dubia

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Species of gastropod

Clausilia dubia
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Clausilia
Species: C. dubia
Binomial name
Clausilia dubia
Draparnaud, 1805
Synonyms
  • Clausilia (Andraea) dubia Draparnaud, 1805· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Clausilia) dubia Draparnaud, 1805

Clausilia dubia is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Subspecies

  • Clausilia dubia alpicola Clessin, 1878
  • Clausilia dubia bucculenta Klemm, 1960
  • Clausilia dubia carpathica Brancsik, 1888
  • Clausilia dubia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
  • Clausilia dubia dydima F. J. Schmidt, 1847
  • Clausilia dubia floningiana Westerlund, 1890
  • Clausilia dubia geretica Bourguignat, 1877
  • Clausilia dubia gracilior Clessin, 1887
  • Clausilia dubia gratiosa Sajó, 1968
  • Clausilia dubia grimmeri L. Pfeiffer, 1848
  • Clausilia dubia huettneri Klemm, 1960
  • Clausilia dubia ingenua Hudec & Brabenec, 1963
  • Clausilia dubia kaeufeli Klemm, 1960
  • Clausilia dubia otvinensis H. von Gallenstein, 1895
  • Clausilia dubia runensis Tschapeck, 1883
  • Clausilia dubia schlechtii A. Schmidt, 1856
  • Clausilia dubia speciosa A. Schmidt, 1856
  • Clausilia dubia suttoni Westerlund, 1881
  • Clausilia dubia tettelbachiana Rossmässler, 1838
  • Clausilia dubia vindobonensis A. Schmidt, 1856

Distribution

The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including (among others):

Description

All the species of snails in the family of door snails are left-handed, which is an uncommon feature in gastropods in general. These snails have shells which are extremely high-spired, with numerous whorls.

Clausilia dubia is a relatively large species for this family, reaching 16 mm in height.

The weight of the adult live snail is about 123 mg.

References

  1. ^ Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Clausilia dubia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171379A85578820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171379A85578820.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050049 on 2020-08-17
  3. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  4. Boch, Steffen; Prati, Daniel; Werth, Silke; Rüetschi, Jörg; Fischer, Markus & Evans, Darren Mark (2011). "Lichen endozoochory by snails". PLOS ONE. 6 (4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770. PMC 3076439. PMID 21533256.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
Taxon identifiers
Clausilia dubia


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