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.
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Muticaria macrostoma | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | Muticaria |
Diversity[1] | |
3 species |
Distribution
editDistribution of the genus Muticaria includes Southeastern Sicilia in Italy and Malta.[1][3]
Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ 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 required)
- ^ a b "Genus summary for Muticaria. AnimalBase, last modified 19 October 2008, accessed 29 July 2011.