Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Genus: | Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
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Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.
Species
Species within the genus Megalobulimus include (all species from Brazil are listed)[1]:
- Megalobulimus abbreviatus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus albescens (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus albus (Bland & Binney, 1872)
- Megalobulimus arapotiensis Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus auritus (Sowerby, 1838)
- Megalobulimus bereniceae (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
- Megalobulimus bertae Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus bronni (Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Megalobulimus capillaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Megalobulimus cardosoi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
- Megalobulimus chionostoma (Mörch, 1852)
- Megalobulimus conicus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus foreli (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus fragilion (Ihering, 1901)
- Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964)
- Megalobulimus globosus (Martens, 1876)
- Megalobulimus grandis (Martens, 1885)
- Megalobulimus granulosus (Rang, 1831)
- Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
- Megalobulimus haemastomus (Scopoli, 1786)
- Megalobulimus hector (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Megalobulimus klappenbachi (Leme, 1964)
- Megalobulimus leonardosi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
- Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
- Megalobulimus maximus (Sowerby, 1825)
- Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Megalobulimus musculus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus nodai Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
- Megalobulimus oliveirai (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus oosomus (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Megalobulimus ovatus (Müller, 1774)
- Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
- Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900)
- Megalobulimus pergranulatus (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Megalobulimus pintoi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845) - synonym: Strophocheilus popelairianus
- Megalobulimus proclivis (Martens, 1888)
- Megalobulimus pygmaeus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus sanctipauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900)
- Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
- Megalobulimus toriii Lange-de-Morretes, 1937
- Megalobulimus valenciennesii (Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Megalobulimus vestitus (Pilsbry, 1926)
- Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
References
- ^ Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003. Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (in Portuguese with English abstract)
Further reading
- KAWANO T. & MOREIRA LEME J. L. 1994. Chromosomes of three species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda: Mesurethra: Megalobulimidae) from Brazil. Malacological review, vol. 27, number 1-2, pp. 47-52.
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