Megalobulimus oblongus

Megalobulimus oblongus
A live specimen of Megalobulimus oblongus from Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Strophocheilidae
Genus:	Megalobulimus
Species:	M. oblongus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
Synonyms
Strophocheilus oblongus

Strophocheilus oblongus (Müller) at National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

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

This species occurs in:

• Brazil ^[1]
• Venezuela (Also known as "Guácara") ^[2]
• Barbados and other Lesser Antilles locations
• Uruguay
• Peru

References

1. (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)
2. (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.