Megalobulimus jaguarunensis

Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Apertural view of an empty shell of Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Strophocheilidae
Subfamily: Megalobuliminae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species: M. jaguarunensis
Binomial name
Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014

Megalobulimus jaguarunensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. This species was described from shell mounds located in southern Brazil.[1]

References

  1. Fontenelle, J. H.; Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. "A new species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae) from Brazilian shell mounds" (PDF). Strombus 21 (1-2): 30–37.


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