Macrogastra ventricosa

Macrogastra ventricosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

• Macrogastra ventricosa brancsiki <small>H. Nordsieck, 2006</small>
• Macrogastra ventricosa major <small>(Rossmässler, 1836)</small>
• Macrogastra ventricosa ventricosa <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small>

Distribution

This snail occurs in Northern and Central Europe:

• Norway
• Sweden
• Finland
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Russian Kaliningrad Oblast
• Germany
• Poland
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Hungary
• Slovenia
• Ukraine

Description

The weight of the adult live snail is about 111.9&nbsp;mg.

References

• 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

External links

• Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116