Megalobulimus albus
| Megalobulimus albus | |
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| Shell of Megalobulimus albus (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Genus: | Megalobulimus |
| Species: | M. albus
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| Binomial name | |
| Megalobulimus albus (Bland & W. G. Binney, 1872)
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Megalobulimus albus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae. [2]
Description
The shell is as large as Megalobulimus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) but is pure white, with a rose-pink lip.[3]
Distribution
The species is endemic to Brazil.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b "MolluscaBase - Megalobulimus albus (Bland & W. G. Binney, 1872)". www. molluscabase.org. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ Megalobulimus albus(Bland & W. G. Binney, 1872). 17 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1895). "Note on the variation and distribution of Bulimus oblongus, Müll". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1: 137. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Bequaert, Joseph C. (1948). "Monograph of the Strophocheilidae, a Neotropical Family of Terrestrial Mollusks". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 100 (1): 59–60.
- Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
External links
- Pilsbry, H.A. (1895–1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 10: American Bulimi and Bulimuli. Streptocheilus, Plekocheilus, Auris, Bulimulus. Philadelphia: Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 30. Retrieved 17 July 2025.