Clausilia

Clausilia
	Shells of Clausilia rugosa reboudii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Subfamily:	Clausiliinae
Tribe:	Clausiliini
Genus:	Clausilia; Draparnaud, 1805
Type species
	Pupa rugosa Draparnaud, 1801;
Synonyms
	Clausilia (Andraea) L. Pfeiffer, 1848· accepted, alternate representation; Clausilia (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805· accepted, alternate representation; Clausilia (Lombardiella) H. Nordsieck, 2013· accepted, alternate representation; Clausilia (Neostyriaca) A.J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation; Clausilia (Neostyriaca) A. J. Wagner, 1920· accepted, alternate representation; Clausilia (Strobeliella) H. Nordsieck, 1977· accepted, alternate representation; Glischrus (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded generic combination); Helix (Clausilia) Draparnaud, 1805 (superseded combination); Neostyria A.J. Wagner, 1920; Neostyriaca A.J. Wagner, 1920; Neostyriaca (Lombardiella) H. Nordsieck, 2013; Rupicola W. Hartmann, 1841;

Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Snails in this genus have left-handed coiling in their shells, which are very elongate in shape.

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