Megalophaedusa is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.[1]
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Megalophaedusa martensi. The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact. | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | Megalophaedusa |
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This genus occurs in Japan.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Megalophaedusa include: [2]
- Megalophaedusa concrescens (Pilsbry 1905)
- Megalophaedusa hickanis mikawa Pilsbry 1905
- Megalophaedusa hiraseana (Pilsbry 1901)
- Megalophaedusa martensi (Von Martens 1860)
- Megalophaedusa martensi tinctilabris (Pilsbry 1902)
- Megalophaedusa spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975)
- Megalophaedusa vasta Boettger 1877
- Megalophaedusa yokohamensis (Crosse 1876)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megalophaedusa O. Boettger, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996166 on 2022-07-03