Megalophaedusa
| Megalophaedusa | |
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| 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 |
| 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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