Megalobulimus gummatus is a species of snail in the family Strophocheilidae found in Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Genus: | Megalobulimus |
| Species: | M. gummatus
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| Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
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It was originally described from Rio de Janeiro in 1870 as Builimus gummatus.[2] Shells are usually around 110 mm long and 70 mm wide.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Fontenelle, José Heitzmann; Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas (31 May 2021). "Megalobulimus dryades, a new species from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Megalobulimus gummatus (Gastropoda: Strophocheilidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 61: e20216144. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.44. ISSN 0031-1049.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Grafíca Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
External links
edit- Hidalgo, J.G. (1870). Catalogue des coquilles terrestres recueillies par les naturalistes de la Commission Scientifique espagnole sur divers points de l'Amérique méridionale. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18(1): 27-70
- Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065.
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