''Megalacron'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family
Camaenidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851521 on 2021-02-10]
Species
Species within the genus ''Megalacron'' include:
* ''
Megalacron admiralitatis''
(I. Rensch, 1931)
* ''
Megalacron alfredi
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Cox, 1871)
* ''
Megalacron ambrosia
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Angas, 1868)
* ''
Megalacron bequaerti
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Megalacron boivini
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
* ''
Megalacron boyerii
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
* ''
Megalacron coniformis''
(Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Megalacron coxiana''
(Angas, 1868)
* ''
Megalacron densestriata
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Fulton, 1902)
* ''
Megalacron isabellae''
(Jaeckel & Schlesch, 1952)
* ''
Megalacron juttingae
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Megalacron klaarwateri''
(I. Rensch, 1931)
* ''
Megalacron lambei
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Megalacron lufensis
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Thiele, 1928)
* ''
Megalacron macfarlanei
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Cox, 1873)
* ''
Megalacron melanesia
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Megalacron migratoria
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Megalacron novaegeorgiensis
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Cox, 1870)
* ''
Megalacron periwonensis
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Dell, 1955)
* ''
Megalacron phaeostoma
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Pfeiffer, 1877)
* ''
Megalacron sellersi
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Cox, 1872)
* ''
Megalacron spadicea
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(Fulton, 1902)
* ''
Megalacron tabarensis
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed t ...
''
(I. Rensch, 1933)
* ''
Megalacron tizianoi
''Megalacron'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
Delsaerdt, 2016
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Megalacron huberi''
Thach, 2017: synonym of ''
Chloritis khammouanensis
''Chloritis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Chloritis H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register ...
''
Inkhavilay & Panha, 2019 (secondary junior homonym of ''Chloritis huberi''
Thach, 2016; ''Chloritis khammouanensis'' is a replacement name)
References
* Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen. 3: 445-488
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
External links
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Camaenidae
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