Megaustenia

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Megaustenia
Megaustenia rondonyi (MNHN-IM-2000-27873).jpeg
Shell of Megaustenia rondonyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Megaustenia
Cockerell, 1912
Type species
Vitrina praestansGould, 1843
Synonyms
  • CryptosomaTheobald, 1857 (Invalid: junior homonym of CryptosomaMilne-Edwards, 1837 [Crustacea]; Megaustenia is a replacement name)
  • Helicarion (Cryptosoma)Theobald, 1857

Megaustenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae. [1]

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Species

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megaustenia Cockerell, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995745 on 2021-07-08