Megalobulimus ovatus
Appearance
Megalobulimus ovatus | |
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Shell of Megalobulimus ovatus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Strophocheilidae |
Genus: | Megalobulimus |
Species: | M. ovatus
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Binomial name | |
Megalobulimus ovatus | |
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Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.[1]
Shells are oblong or turreted and can reach a length of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in).[2]
This species is endemic to Brazil.[3] [4]
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