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Clausilia dubia

Clausilia dubia is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.[2]

Subspecies

Distribution

The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including (among others):[1]

Description

All the species of snails in the family of door snails are left-handed, which is an uncommon feature in gastropods in general. These snails have shells which are extremely high-spired, with numerous whorls.

Clausilia dubia is a relatively large species for this family, reaching 16 mm in height.

The weight of the adult live snail is about 123 mg.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Clausilia dubia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171379A85578820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171379A85578820.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050049 on 2020-08-17
  3. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  4. ^ Boch, Steffen; Prati, Daniel; Werth, Silke; Rüetschi, Jörg; Fischer, Markus & Evans, Darren Mark (2011). "Lichen endozoochory by snails". PLOS ONE. 6 (4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770. PMC 3076439. PMID 21533256.