Muticaria
| Muticaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Clausilioidea |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Alopiinae |
| Tribe: | Medorini[1] |
| Genus: | Muticaria Lindholm, 1925[2] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 3 species | |
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.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Muticaria includes Southeastern Sicilia in Italy and Malta.[1][3]
Species
Species 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Genus summary for Muticaria. AnimalBase, last modified 19 October 2008, accessed 29 July 2011.