Megalophaedusa is a
genus
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of medium-sized air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Clausiliidae
Clausiliidae, also known by their common name the door snails, are a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). Mollusca ...
, the door snails, all of which have a
clausilium
The clausilium is a calcareous anatomical structure which is found in one group of air-breathing land snails: terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The clausilium is one part of the clausilial appara ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megalophaedusa O. Boettger, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996166 on 2022-07-03]
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 spelaeonis''
(Kuroda & Minato, 1975)
* ''
Megalophaedusa vasta''
Boettger 1877
* ''
Megalophaedusa yokohamensis''
(Crosse 1876)
References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Clausiliidae
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