Macrogastra rolphii, known as Rolph's door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
The shell of this species is sinistral, or left-handed, in its coiling.
Subspecies:
- Macrogastra rolphii digonostoma <small>(Bourguignat, 1877)</small>
- Macrogastra rolphii portensis <small>(Luso da Silva, 1872)</small>
- Macrogastra rolphii rolphii <small>(W. Turton, 1826)</small>
Distribution
This species is known to occur in Western Europe in the following islands and countries:
References
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
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