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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]
| Clausilia dubia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Clausilia |
| Species: | C. dubia |
| Binomial name | |
| Clausilia dubia Draparnaud, 1805 | |
| Synonyms | |
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- Clausilia dubia alpicola Clessin, 1878
- Clausilia dubia bucculenta Klemm, 1960
- Clausilia dubia carpathica Brancsik, 1888
- Clausilia dubia dubia Draparnaud, 1805
- Clausilia dubia dydima F. J. Schmidt, 1847
- Clausilia dubia floningiana Westerlund, 1890
- Clausilia dubia geretica Bourguignat, 1877
- Clausilia dubia gracilior Clessin, 1887
- Clausilia dubia gratiosa Sajó, 1968
- Clausilia dubia grimmeri L. Pfeiffer, 1848
- Clausilia dubia huettneri Klemm, 1960
- Clausilia dubia ingenua Hudec & Brabenec, 1963
- Clausilia dubia kaeufeli Klemm, 1960
- Clausilia dubia otvinensis H. von Gallenstein, 1895
- Clausilia dubia runensis Tschapeck, 1883
- Clausilia dubia schlechtii A. Schmidt, 1856
- Clausilia dubia speciosa A. Schmidt, 1856
- Clausilia dubia suttoni Westerlund, 1881
- Clausilia dubia tettelbachiana Rossmässler, 1838
- Clausilia dubia vindobonensis A. Schmidt, 1856
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The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including (among others):[1]
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Great Britain, the north of England
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[3]
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]
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