Muticaria
Muticaria macrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Clausilioidea
Family:
Clausiliidae
Subfamily:
Alopiinae
Tribe:
Medorini[1]
Genus:
Muticaria

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  2. ↑ 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. 1 2 "Genus summary for Muticaria. AnimalBase, last modified 19 October 2008, accessed 29 July 2011.


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