Megalobulimus

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Megalobulimus
File:Megalobulimusparafragilior.jpg
Megalobulimus parafragilior
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

Leme, 1973
Genus:
Megalobulimus

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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).

Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.

Species

Species within the genus Megalobulimus include (all species from Brazil are listed):[2]

Human use

Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus Megalobulimus, are found in fluvial shellmound (called sambaqui in Brazil) on the Capelinha archaeological site from paleoamerican culture of early Holocene.[5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Miller K. (1878). Malak. Bl. 25: 172.
  2. ↑ (Portuguese) Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. PDF. (with English abstract)
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  5. ↑ Eggers S., Parks M., Grupe G. & Reinhard K. J. (2011). "Paleoamerican Diet, Migration and Morphology in Brazil: Archaeological Complexity of the Earliest Americans". PLoS ONE 6(9): e23962. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023962.
  6. ↑ 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.

Further reading

  • Kawano T. & Moreira Leme J. L. (1994). "Chromosomes of three species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda: Mesurethra: Megalobulimidae) from Brazil". Malacological review 27(1-2): 47-52. [1]
  • Borda V., Ramírez R. & Romero P. (2010). "Glándula pediosa de moluscos terrestres y sus implicancias evolutivas, con énfasis en Megalobulimus / Pediose gland in land snails and its evolutionary implications, with emphasis on Megalobulimus." Revista Peruana de Biología 17(1): . 43-52. PDF.

External links

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