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Megalophaedusa

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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
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Genus:
Megalophaedusa

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

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Species within the genus Megalophaedusa include: [2]

References

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  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