Macularia sylvatica is a medium-sized species of air-breathing dextral land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.

[1][2] This west-Alpine species occurs in Germany, Italy, France, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

[4] It lives in similar habitats as C. nemoralis, such as woods, dunes and grassland; however M. sylvatica tolerates wetter and colder mountain areas.

Macularia sylvatica is generally similar in appearance to C. nemoralis, although the shell is smaller, not as colourful, and not as variable.

The most obvious character is the formation of the colour bands on the shell, where at least the upper two appear to be "interrupted".