Craven Door-Snail

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.
Craven Door Snail From Hutton Roof Crags, a now rare snail Clausilia dubia,Craven Door Snail,Cumbria,Hutton Roof Reserve

Appearance

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.

Naming

* ''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

Distribution

The species is widespread in Europe, living in countries and islands including :

⤷  Austria
⤷  Czech Republic
⤷  Great Britain, the north of England
⤷  Slovakia
⤷  Ukraine

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyClausiliidae
GenusClausilia
SpeciesC. dubia
Photographed in
United Kingdom