Macrogastra
| Macrogastra | |
|---|---|
| The shell of Macrogastra plicatula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Clausiliinae |
| Tribe: | Clausiliini |
| Genus: | Macrogastra Hartmann, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Pupa ventricosa Draparnaud, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Macrogastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Clausiliinae of the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Like all clausiliids, the shells of the species in this genus are sinistral, or left-handed in their coiling.