Megalobulimus oblongus
Appearance
Megalobulimus oblongus | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Megalobulimus oblongus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Strophocheilidae |
Genus: | Megalobulimus |
Species: | M. oblongus
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Binomial name | |
Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
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Synonyms | |
Strophocheilus oblongus |
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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
[edit]This species occurs in:
- Brazil[1]
- Venezuela (Also known as "Guácara")[2]
- Barbados and other Lesser Antilles locations
- Uruguay
- Peru
References
[edit]- ^ (in Portuguese) Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003. Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae) Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract)
- ^ (in Spanish) Diario La Prensa de Monagas. 08/17/2010. La Guácara en peligro de extinción Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.Editado por Kenneth Rendón.