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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including (among others):[1]
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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