Megalobulimus

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Megalobulimus
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Megalobulimus parafragilior
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Megalobulimus
K. Miller, 1878 [1]
Type species
Bulimus garciamoreniK. Miller, 1878
Synonyms
  • BorusAlbers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Megalobulimus)K. Miller, 1878 (original rank)
  • Megalobulimus (Megalobulimus)K. Miller, 1878
  • PhaiopharusMorretes, 1955
  • PsiloicusMorretes, 1955
  • Strophocheilus (Borus)Albers, 1850
  • Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus)K. Miller, 1878
Megalobulimus maximus, also Strophocheilus maximus (Sowerby) in National Museum of Ireland - Natural History Strophocheilus maximus.jpg
Megalobulimus maximus, also Strophocheilus maximus (Sowerby) in National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [2]

Contents

Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.

Species

Species within the genus Megalobulimus include (all species from Brazil are listed): [3]

Species brought into synonymy

Human use

Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus Megalobulimus, are found in fluvial shellmound (called sambaqui in Brazil) on the Capelinha archaeological site from Paleo-Indian culture of early Holocene. [6]

The shell of Megalobulimus sp. (local name: "churito") is used in the traditional ethnomedicine of Northwest Argentina when babies are hyperactive and cannot sleep well, then it is advised to put a shell under a pillow. [7]

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References

  1. Miller K. (1878). Malak. Bl.25: 172.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882407 on 2021-07-06
  3. (in Portuguese) Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. PDF Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . (with English abstract)
  4. Simone, L. R. L. (2012). "Taxonomical study on a sample of pulmonates from Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil, with description of a new genus and four new species (Mollusca: Orthalicidae and Megalobulimidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (36): 431–439. doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492012021600001 .
  5. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.
  6. Eggers S., Parks M., Grupe G. & Reinhard K. J. (2011). "Paleoamerican Diet, Migration and Morphology in Brazil: Archaeological Complexity of the Earliest Americans". PLoS ONE 6(9): e23962. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0023962.
  7. Hilgert N. I. & Gil G. E. (2007). "Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 3: 19. doi : 10.1186/1746-4269-3-19.

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