Megalobulimus oblongus

Megalobulimus oblongus
Megalobulimus oblongus
Apertural view of a shell of Megalobulimus oblongus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Strophocheilidae
Subfamily: Megalobuliminae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species: M. oblongus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus oblongus
(Müller, 1774)
Synonyms

Strophocheilus oblongus

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 (AKA "Guácara")(Conocido también como "Guácara")[2]

References

  1. ^ (Portuguese) Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003. Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract)
  2. ^ (Spanish) Diario La Prensa de Monagas. 08/17/2010. La Guácara en peligro de extinción .Editado por Kenneth Rendón.