| Megalobulimus jaguarunensis | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Apertural view of an empty shell of Megalobulimus jaguarunensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Genus: | Megalobulimus |
| Species: | M. jaguarunensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014 | |
Megalobulimus jaguarunensis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae. [1] This species was described from archaeological shell mounds (Figueirinha II circa 3,549 - 3,822 years CAL BP and Jabuticabeira II circa 1,180 - 3,200 years CAL BP), known as sambaquis, located in the city of Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. [2]