Megalacron

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Megalacron
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.397846 - Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (Cox, 1870) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Hadrinae
Genus: Megalacron
I. Rensch, 1934
Type species
Helix novaegeorgiensisCox, 1870
Synonyms
  • EmiralenaIredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • GlomerataI. Rensch, 1934 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Pileolus)Lesson, 1831 (Invalid: junior homonym of PileolusG.B. Sowerby I, 1823)
  • LispreliaIredale, 1941 (objective junior synonym)
  • LullicolaIredale, 1941
  • Papuina (Glomerata)I. Rensch, 1934 (junior synonym)
  • Papuina (Megalacron)I. Rensch, 1934 (original rank)
  • Papuina (Pinnadena)Iredale, 1941
  • PinnadenaIredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • SolmopinaIredale, 1941 (junior synonym)

Megalacron is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hadrinae of the family Camaenidae. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Megalacron include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851521 on 2021-02-10