🦋 Family

Clausiliidae

12 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Clausiliidae

Papillifera papillaris is a small high-spired Mediterranean snail often introduced via imported limestone to new regions.

Papillifera solida is a small air-breathing land door snail with five recognized subspecies.

Cochlodina laminata is a clausiliid snail with a brown to cherry-red smooth shiny shell, found across much of Europe, Russia, and Ukraine.

Tauphaedusa tau is a viviparous land snail found in East Asia and Hawaii that can host parasites dangerous to humans.

Balea perversa is a small clausiliid snail native to Europe that feeds on lichens, mosses, algae, and cyanobacteria.

Balea heydeni (often called Balea sarsii) is an Atlantic clausiliid snail that feeds on lichens on trees and rocks.

Laciniaria plicata is a small door snail species found across multiple countries in Eastern and Central Europe.

Alinda biplicata is a rare European clausilid snail found mostly along London's River Thames.

Macrogastra plicatula is a European clausilium-bearing snail that lives in woods, with adult live weight ~66 mg.

Macrogastra ventricosa is a snail found in Northern and Central Europe, with adult live individuals weighing around 111.9 mg.

Clausilia bidentata is a small western European snail that selectively grazes on calcareous rock lichens.

Clausilia rugosa is an air-breathing terrestrial land snail in the family Clausiliidae, with multiple recognized subspecies.

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