Megalobulimus paranaguensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.[2] They are native to South America and are known for being large and having a long lifespan.[3] The survival rate of males is 96.7% and similarly high for other members of the species. Their eggs most often hatch in August and September and take around 51 days to hatch.[4]
Megalobulimus paranaguensis | |
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A live specimen of M. paranaguensis from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Strophocheilidae |
Genus: | Megalobulimus |
Species: | M. paranaguensis
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Binomial name | |
Megalobulimus paranaguensis | |
Synonyms | |
Strophocheilus paranaguensis Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900 |
References
edit- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "New South American land snails". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 52: 385-394, pl. 11-12. page 390-391, plate 11, fig. 1,2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4062639
- ^ Simone, L.R.L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6. (book review)[page needed] Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marcel Sabino Miranda , Lucas Vilas Bôas Correia & Iracy Lea Pecora (2020). "Activity and reproduction in Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata): implications for conservation in captivity for a South American land snail".
- ^ Marcel S. Miranda, José H. Fontenelle (2015). "Population dynamics of Megalobulimus paranaguensis(Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in the southeast coast of Brazil" (PDF).
External links
edit- Fontenelle J. H. & Miranda M. S. (2012). "The use of outer lip in age estimation of Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Strombus 19: 15-22.
- Fontenelle J. H. & Miranda M. S. (2017). "Aspects of biology of Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Gastropoda, Acavoidea) in the coastal plain of the Brazilian southeast". Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107. doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2017004
- Miranda M. S. & Fontenelle J. H. (2015). "Population dynamics of Megalobulimus paranaguensis in the Brazilian southeast coast". Zoologia 32: 463-468. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000600005.
- Morretes F. L. (1954). "Sôbre Megalobulimus paranaguensis Pilsbry & Ihering". Arquivos do Museu Paranaense 10: 343-344.