Megalobulimus ovatus

Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.[1]

Megalobulimus ovatus
Shell of Megalobulimus ovatus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Strophocheilidae
Subfamily:
Megalobuliminae
Genus:
Megalobulimus
Species:
M. ovatus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus ovatus
Synonyms
  • Strophocheilus ovatus (O. F. Muller)
  • Bulimus ovatus (O. F. Muller)

Shells are oblong or turreted and can reach a length of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in).[2]

This species is endemic to Brazil.[3] [4]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. American-Cyclopaedia
  3. MCZ
  4. WMSDB


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