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| superfamilia = [[Acavoidea]]
| familia = [[Strophocheilidae]]
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| subfamilia_authority = Leme, 1973
| genus = '''''Megalobulimus'''''
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==Species==
Species within the genus ''Megalobulimus'' include (all species from Brazil are listed):<ref name="Salgado">{{pt icon}} Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". ''
* ''[[Megalobulimus abbreviatus]]'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''[[Megalobulimus albescens]]'' (Bequaert, 1948)
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* ''[[Megalobulimus wohlersi]]'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* ''[[Megalobulimus yporanganus]]'' (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
== Human use ==
The shell of ''Megalobulimus'' sp. (local name: "churito") is used in the traditional [[ethnomedicine]] of Northwest [[Argentina]] when babies are hyperactive and cannot sleep well, then it is advised to put a shell under a pillow.<ref>Hilgert N. I. & Gil G. E. (2007). "Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems". ''[[Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine]]'' '''3''': 19. [[doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-19]].</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Megalobulimus}}
* {{NCBI|145565|''Megalobulimus''}}
* [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/family/Megalobulimidae.html photos]
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