# Macularia sylvatica

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Species of gastropod

Macularia sylvatica Shells of Macularia sylvatica (specimen at MNHN, Paris) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Helicidae Genus: Macularia Species: M. sylvatica Binomial name Macularia sylvatica (Drapanaud, 1801) Synonyms Cepaea (Cepaea) silvatica (Draparnaud, 1801) Cepaea sylvatica (Draparnaud, 1801) Helix sylvatica Draparnaud, 1801 (original combination)

***Macularia sylvatica*** is a medium-sized species of air-breathing dextral [land snail](/source/Land_snail), a [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_molluscs) pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae. It was once seen as a close relative of the [grove snail](/source/Grove_snail) (*Cepaea nemoralis*), but does in fact not belong to the genus *[Cepaea](/source/Cepaea)* at all.[1][2]

## Geographic distribution and habitat

This west-Alpine species occurs in Germany, Italy, France, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.[3] The vertical distribution extends from 265 m to 2560 m a.s.l.[4] It lives in similar habitats as *C. nemoralis*, such as woods, dunes and grassland; however *M. sylvatica* tolerates wetter and colder mountain areas.

## Description

*Macularia sylvatica* is generally similar in appearance to *C. nemoralis*, although the shell is smaller, not as colourful, and not as variable. The spire of the shell is blunt. The most obvious character is the formation of the colour bands on the shell, where at least the upper two appear to be "interrupted".

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Cepaea sylvatica](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cepaea_sylvatica).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Neiber, M.T.; Hausdorf, B. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny reveals the polyphyly of the snail genus *Cepaea* (Gastropoda: Helicidae)". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution*. **93**: 143–149. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.022](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2015.07.022). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [26256642](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26256642).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Neiber, M.T.; Sagorny, C.; Hausdorf, B. (2016). ["Increasing the number of molecular markers resolves the phylogenetic relationship of "*Cepaea*" *vindobonensis* (Pfeiffer 1828) with *Caucasotachea* Boettger 1909 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)"](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjzs.12116). *Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research*. **54** (1): 40–45. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/jzs.12116](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjzs.12116).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Welter-Schultes_3-0)** Francisco W. Welter-Schultes: *European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification = Bestimmungsbuch für europäische Land- und Süsswassermollusken.* A1-A3 S., 679 S., Q1-Q78 S., Göttingen, Planet Poster Ed., 2012 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-933922-75-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-933922-75-5), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-933922-75-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-933922-75-5) (S. 368)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Turner_4-0)** Turner H, Kuiper JGJ, Thew N, Bernasconi R, Rütschi J, Wüthrich M & Gosteli M: *Atlas der Mollusken der Schweiz und Liechtensteins.* Centre suisse de catographie de la faune/Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft/Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, 1998 [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1422-6367](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1422-6367), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-88414-013-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-88414-013-1)

Taxon identifiers Cepaea sylvatica Wikidata: Q2946309 Wikispecies: Cepaea sylvatica BioLib: 22826 CoL: 7QL86 EoL: 4899947 EUNIS: 292234 Fauna Europaea: 426294 Fauna Europaea (new): 46511f20-838b-4e48-ab82-8cc276d42872 GBIF: 11364655 iNaturalist: 96978 WoRMS: 1369517

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