''Megalacron'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.
These ...
.
[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''
(Cox, 1871)
* ''
Megalacron ambrosia''
(Angas, 1868)
* ''
Megalacron bequaerti''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Megalacron boivini''
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
* ''
Megalacron boyerii''
(P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
* ''
Megalacron coniformis''
(Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Megalacron coxiana''
(Angas, 1868)
* ''
Megalacron densestriata''
(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''
(Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Megalacron lufensis''
(Thiele, 1928)
* ''
Megalacron macfarlanei''
(Cox, 1873)
* ''
Megalacron melanesia''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Megalacron migratoria''
(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 ...
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(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''
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
*
Camaenidae
{{Camaenidae-stub