Megalobulimus

Megalobulimus
Megalobulimus parafragilior
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Rhytidoidea
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus:
K. Miller, 1878[1]
Type species
Bulimus garciamoreni K. Miller, 1878
Synonyms
  • Borus Albers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878 (original rank)
  • Megalobulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878
  • Phaiopharus Morretes, 1955
  • Psiloicus Morretes, 1955
  • Strophocheilus (Borus) Albers, 1850
  • Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878

Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]

Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.

Species

Species within the genus Megalobulimus include:[2]

  • Megalobulimus abbreviatus (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus albescens (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus albus (Bland & Binney, 1872)
  • Megalobulimus amandus Simone, 2012[3]
  • Megalobulimus auritus (Sowerby, 1838)
  • Megalobulimus bertae Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
  • Megalobulimus bronni (Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Megalobulimus capillaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Megalobulimus cardosoi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
  • Megalobulimus carrikeri (Pilsbry, 1930)
  • Megalobulimus chionostoma (Mörch, 1852)
  • Megalobulimus conicus (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus crassus (Albers, 1850)
  • Megalobulimus diluvianus Fontenelle & Salvador, 2023
  • Megalobulimus dryades Fontenelle, Simone & Cavallari, 2021
  • Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus elsae Falconeri, 1994
  • Megalobulimus felipponei Ihering, 1928
  • Megalobulimus florezi Borda & Ramírez, 2013
  • Megalobulimus foreli (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus formicacorsii (Barattini & Ledón, 1949)
  • Megalobulimus fragilior (Ihering, 1901)
  • Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964)
  • Megalobulimus garciamoreni (K. Miller, 1878)
  • Megalobulimus globosus (Martens, 1876)
  • Megalobulimus granulosus (Rang, 1831)
  • Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
  • Megalobulimus haemastomus (Scopoli, 1786)
  • †Megalobulimus hauthali (Ihering, 1904)
  • Megalobulimus hector (Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Megalobulimus helicoides Simone, 2018
  • Megalobulimus huascari (Tschudi, 1852)
  • Megalobulimus inambarisensis Borda & Ramírez, 2016
  • Megalobulimus indigens (Fulton, 1914)
  • Megalobulimus intercedens (E. von Martens, 1876)
  • Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014[4]
  • Megalobulimus klappenbachi (Leme, 1964)
  • Megalobulimus lacunosus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Megalobulimus leonardosi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
  • Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  • Megalobulimus lichtensteini Albers, 1854
  • Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
  • Megalobulimus martensianus (Pilsbry, 1902)
  • Megalobulimus mauricius Falconeri, 1995
  • Megalobulimus maximus (Sowerby, 1825)
  • Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
  • Megalobulimus nodai Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
  • Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
  • Megalobulimus oliveirai (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus oosomus (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Megalobulimus ovatus (Müller, 1774)
  • Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
  • Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900)
  • Megalobulimus pergranulatus (Pilsbry, 1901)
  • Megalobulimus pintoi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
  • Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845)
  • Megalobulimus proclivis (Martens, 1888)
  • Megalobulimus pygmaeus (Bequaert, 1948)
  • Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
  • Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
  • Megalobulimus sanctaepauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900)
  • Megalobulimus santacruzii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Megalobulimus separabilis (Fulton, 1903)
  • Megalobulimus tayacajus Borda & Ramírez, 2016
  • Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
  • Megalobulimus valenciennesii (Pfeiffer, 1842)
  • Megalobulimus versatilis (Fulton, 1905)
  • Megalobulimus vestitus (Pilsbry, 1926)
  • † Megalobulimus wichmanni Miquel & Manceñido, 1999
  • Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
  • Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)

Human use

Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus Megalobulimus, are found in fluvial shellmound (called sambaqui in Brazil) on the Capelinha archaeological site from Paleo-Indian culture of early Holocene.[5]

The shell of Megalobulimus sp. (local name: "churito") is used in the traditional ethnomedicine of Northwest Argentina when babies are hyperactive and cannot sleep well, then it is advised to put a shell under a pillow.[6]

References

  1. ^ Miller K. (1878). Malak. Bl. 25: 172.
  2. ^ a b "MolluscaBase - Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ^ Simone, L. R. L. (2012). "Taxonomical study on a sample of pulmonates from Santa Maria da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil, with description of a new genus and four new species (Mollusca: Orthalicidae and Megalobulimidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (36): 431–439. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492012021600001.
  4. ^ Fontenelle, J. H.; Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. "A new species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae) from Brazilian shell mounds" (PDF). Strombus. 21 (1–2): 30–37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ Eggers S., Parks M., Grupe G. & Reinhard K. J. (2011). "Paleoamerican Diet, Migration and Morphology in Brazil: Archaeological Complexity of the Earliest Americans". PLoS ONE 6(9): e23962. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023962.
  6. ^ Hilgert N. I. & Gil G. E. (2007). "Reproductive medicine in northwest Argentina: traditional and institutional systems". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 3: 19. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-19.

Further reading

  • Kawano T. & Moreira Leme J. L. (1994). "Chromosomes of three species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda: Mesurethra: Megalobulimidae) from Brazil". Malacological review 27(1–2): 47–52. [1]
  • Borda V., Ramírez R. & Romero P. (2010). "Glándula pediosa de moluscos terrestres y sus implicancias evolutivas, con énfasis en Megalobulimus / Pediose gland in land snails and its evolutionary implications, with emphasis on Megalobulimus." Revista Peruana de Biología 17(1): . 43–52. PDF.
  • Rodrigo Salvador, José Fontenelle, Barbara Mizumo Tomotani: Taxonomic reassessment of Megalobulimus toriii (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae); Journal of Conchology issue 3 vol. 43 p 313-320, 2019.
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