''Megalobulimus'' 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 ...
, a
terrestrial 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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the subfamily
Megalobuliminae within the family
Strophocheilidae
Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Fossil record
The genus '' E ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882407 on 2021-07-06]
''Megalobulimus'' is the
type genus of the subfamily
Megalobuliminae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Megalobulimus'' include (all species from Brazil are listed):
[ 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]
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. (with English abstract)
* ''
Megalobulimus abbreviatus'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus albescens'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus albus'' (Bland & Binney, 1872)
* ''
Megalobulimus amandus'' Simone, 2012
* ''
Megalobulimus arapotiensis'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* ''
Megalobulimus auritus'' (Sowerby, 1838)
* ''
Megalobulimus bertae'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* ''
Megalobulimus bronni'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Megalobulimus capillaceus'' (Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Megalobulimus cardosoi'' (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
* ''
Megalobulimus carrikeri'' (Pilsbry, 1930)
* ''
Megalobulimus castelnaudi'' (Hupé, 1857)
* ''
Megalobulimus chionostoma'' (Mörch, 1852)
* ''
Megalobulimus conicus'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus crassus'' (Albers, 1850)
* ''
Megalobulimus dryades'' Fontenelle, Simone & Cavallari, 2021
* ''
Megalobulimus elongatus'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus elsae'' Falconeri, 1994
* ''
Megalobulimus felipponei'' Ihering, 1928
* ''
Megalobulimus florezi'' Borda & Ramírez, 2013
* ''
Megalobulimus foreli'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus formicacorsii'' (Barattini & Ledón, 1949)
* ''
Megalobulimus fragilior'' (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 hauthali'' (Ihering, 1904)
* ''
Megalobulimus hector'' (Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Megalobulimus helicoides'' Simone, 2018
* ''
Megalobulimus huascari'' (Tschudi, 1852)
* ''
Megalobulimus inambarisensis'' Borda & Ramírez, 2016
* ''
Megalobulimus indigens'' (Fulton, 1914)
* ''
Megalobulimus intercedens'' (E. von Martens, 1876)
* ''
Megalobulimus intertextus'' (Pilsbry, 1895)
* ''
Megalobulimus jaguarunensis'' Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014
* ''
Megalobulimus klappenbachi'' (Leme, 1964)
* ''
Megalobulimus lacunosus'' (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Megalobulimus leonardosi'' (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
* ''
Megalobulimus leucostoma'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''
Megalobulimus lichtensteini'' Albers, 1854
* ''
Megalobulimus lopesi'' Leme, 1989
* ''
Megalobulimus mauricius'' Falconeri, 1995
* ''
Megalobulimus maximus'' (Sowerby, 1825)
* ''
Megalobulimus mogianensis'' Simone & Leme, 1998
* ''
Megalobulimus musculus'' (Bequaert, 1948)
* ''
Megalobulimus nodai'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* ''
Megalobulimus oblongus
''Megalobulimus oblongus'', also known as ''Strophocheilus oblongus'', is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
* Brazil Norma ...
'' (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 santacruzii'' (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Megalobulimus senezi'' (Jousseaume, 1884)
* ''
Megalobulimus separabilis'' (Fulton, 1903)
* ''
Megalobulimus tayacajus'' Borda & Ramírez, 2016
* ''
Megalobulimus terrestris'' (Spix, 1827)
* ''
Megalobulimus valenciennesii'' (Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Megalobulimus versatilis'' (Fulton, 1905)
* ''
Megalobulimus vestitus'' (Pilsbry, 1926)
* † ''
Megalobulimus wichmanni'' Miquel & Manceñido, 1999
* ''
Megalobulimus wohlersi'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* ''
Megalobulimus yporanganus'' (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Megalobulimus bereniceae'' (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952): synonym of ''Megalobulimus intertextu''s (Pilsbry, 1895) (superseded combination)
* M''egalobulimus inambarisense''
ic synonym of ''Megalobulimus inambarisensis'' Borda & Ramírez, 2016 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Megalobulimus torii'' Lange-de-Morretes, 1937: synonym of ''
Megalobulimus yporanganus'' (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
* ''Megalobulimus valenciennesi'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842): synonym of ''Megalobulimus valenciennesii'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (incorrect spelling)
Human use
Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus ''Megalobulimus'', are found in fluvial
shellmound (called ''sambaqui'' in Brazil) on the
Capelinha
Capelinha is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 38,057 living in a total area of 966 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the statist ...
archaeological site
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from
paleoamerican culture of early
Holocene
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.
The shell of ''Megalobulimus'' sp. (local name: "churito") is used in the traditional
ethnomedicine
Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine based on bioactive compounds in plants and animals and practiced by various ethnic groups, especially those with little access to western medicines, e.g., indigenous peoples. The ...
of Northwest
Argentina
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when babies are hyperactive and cannot sleep well, then it is advised to put a shell under a pillow.
[Hilgert N. I. & Gil G. E. (2007). "Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems". '']Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
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'' 3: 19. .
References
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
* 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
* Rodrigo Salvador, José Fontenelle, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani: ''Taxonomic reassessment of Megalobulimus toriii (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae)''; Journal of Conchology issue 3 vol. 43 p 313-320, 2019.
External links
Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065
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