Clausilia

Clausilia
Shells of Clausilia rugosa reboudii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Clausiliinae
Tribe: Clausiliini
Genus: Clausilia
Draparnaud, 1805
Type species
Pupa rugosa Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Clausilia (Andraea) L. Pfeiffer, 1848· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Lombardiella) H. Nordsieck, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Neostyriaca) A.J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Neostyriaca) A. J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation
  • Clausilia (Strobeliella) H. Nordsieck, 1977· accepted, alternate representation
  • Glischrus (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded generic combination)
  • Helix (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination)
  • Neostyria A.J. Wagner, 1920
  • Neostyriaca A.J. Wagner, 1920
  • Neostyriaca (Lombardiella) H. Nordsieck, 2013
  • Rupicola W. Hartmann, 1841

Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Snails in this genus have left-handed coiling in their shells, which are very elongate in shape.

Species

Species within the genus Clausilia include:

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 Bank, R.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Clausilia Draparnaud, 1805. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866744 on 2017-10-01
  2. ↑ . AnimalBase.