Megalobulimus ovatus

Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.

Megalobulimus ovatus
Shell of Megalobulimus ovatus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Strophocheilidae
Genus:	Megalobulimus
Species:	M. ovatus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Muller)
Synonyms
Strophocheilus ovatus (O. F. Muller) Bulimus ovatus (O. F. Muller)

Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) or Strophocheilus ovatus in National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Shells are oblong or turreted and can reach a length of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in).

This species is endemic to Brazil.

External links

• Landshells
• Conchology