Megalophaedusa

Megalophaedusa
	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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Clausilioidea
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Megalophaedusa; Boettger, 1877 [1]
Synonyms
	Aprosphyma A. J. Wagner, 1920 (junior synonym); Clausilia (Megalophaedusa) O. Boettger, 1877; Decolliphaedusa Azuma, 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; Mundiphaedusa Minato, 1979; Mundiphaedusa (Aulacophaedusa) Habe, 1958; Neophaedusa Kuroda & Minato, 1975 (original rank); Pauciphaedusa Minato & Habe, 1983; Pinguiphaedusa Azuma, 1982; Spinulaphaedusa Minato, 1994; Tyrannophaedusa Pilsbry, 1900; Tyrannophaedusa (Aulacophaedusa) Habe, 1958; Tyrannophaedusa (Decolliphaedusa) Azuma, 1982; Tyrannophaedusa (Tyrannophaedusa) Pilsbry, 1900; Ventriphaedusa Azuma, 1982; Vitriphaedusa Azuma, 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: [2]

Megalophaedusa concrescens (Pilsbry 1905)
Megalophaedusa hickanis mikawa Pilsbry 1905
Megalophaedusa hiraseana (Pilsbry 1901)
Megalophaedusa martensi (Von Martens 1860)
- Megalophaedusa martensi tinctilabris (Pilsbry 1902)
Megalophaedusa spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975)
Megalophaedusa vasta Boettger 1877
Megalophaedusa yokohamensis (Crosse 1876)

References

^ 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

Nomenclator Zoologicus info

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[WoRMS-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

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