Megalophaedusa

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Megalophaedusa
Megalophaedusa martensi. The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Megalophaedusa
Boettger, 1877

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.

This genus occurs in Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Megalophaedusa include:

  • Megalophaedusa concrescens (Pilsbry 1905)
  • Megalophaedusa hickanis mikawa Pilsbry 1905
  • Megalophaedusa hiraseana (Pilsbry 1901)
  • Megalophaedusa martensi (Von Martens 1860)
    • Megalophaedusa martensi tinctilabris (Pilsbry 1902)
  • Megalophaedusa vasta Boettger 1877
  • Megalophaedusa yokohamensis (Crosse 1876)

References

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