Megalophaedusa

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Megalophaedusa
Megalophaedusa martensi 02.jpg
Megalophaedusa martensi . The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact.
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Megalophaedusa

Boettger, 1877
Synonyms
  • AprosphymaA. J. Wagner, 1920 (junior synonym)
  • Clausilia (Megalophaedusa)O. Boettger, 1877
  • DecolliphaedusaAzuma, 1982
  • Hemiphaedusa (Pinguiphaedusa)Azuma, 1982
  • Hemiphaedusa (Placeophaedusa)Minato, 1994
  • Megalophaedusa (Aulacophaedusa)Habe, 1958 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Dimphaedusa)Motochin & Ueshima, 2017 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Megalophaedusa)O. Boettger, 1877 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Mesozaptyx)Kuroda, 1963 (not available: nomen nudum)
  • Megalophaedusa (Mundiphaedusa)Minato, 1979
  • Megalophaedusa (Neophaedusa)Kuroda & Minato, 1975 · alternate representation
  • Megalophadeusa (Pauciphaedusa)Minato & Habe, 1983 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Pinguiphaedusa)Azuma, 1982 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Tyrannophaedusa)Pilsbry, 1900 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Tyrannophaedusoides)Motochin & Ueshima, 2017 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Ventriphaedusa)Azuma, 1982 · alternate representation
  • Megalophaedusa (Vitriphaedusa)Azuma, 1982 · alternate representation
  • MundiphaedusaMinato, 1979
  • Mundiphaedusa (Aulacophaedusa)Habe, 1958
  • NeophaedusaKuroda & Minato, 1975 (original rank)
  • PauciphaedusaMinato & Habe, 1983
  • PinguiphaedusaAzuma, 1982
  • SpinulaphaedusaMinato, 1994
  • TyrannophaedusaPilsbry, 1900
  • Tyrannophaedusa (Aulacophaedusa)Habe, 1958
  • Tyrannophaedusa (Decolliphaedusa)Azuma, 1982
  • Tyrannophaedusa (Tyrannophaedusa)Pilsbry, 1900
  • VentriphaedusaAzuma, 1982
  • VitriphaedusaAzuma, 1982

Megalophaedusa is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. [1]

This genus occurs in Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Megalophaedusa include:

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megalophaedusa O. Boettger, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996166 on 2022-07-03