Megalophaedusa martensi
| Megalophaedusa martensi | |
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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 |
| Species: | M. martensi |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalophaedusa martensi (Martens, 1860) | |
Megalophaedusa martensi is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
Description
This is the largest species in the family Clausiliidae, worldwide.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Japan.[1]
References
- ↑ (Japanese) Megalophaedusa martensi. Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009
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