Megalobulimus ovatus

Megalobulimus ovatus
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
Binomial name
Megalobulimus ovatus
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Helix ovata O. F. Müller, 1774 (basionym)
  • Bulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Strophocheilus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Helix ovipara Solander, 1786
  • Helix ovalis Gmelin, 1790

Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. This species is endemic to Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "MolluscaBase - Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Miranda, Marcel S.; Silva, Fernanda S.; Oliveira, Cléo D. C.; Arruda, Janine O.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Gomes, Suzete R.; La Pasta, Ariel; Pena, Meire S.; Ovando, Ximena M. C.; Rosa, Rafael M.; Salles, Anna C. A.; Santos, Sonia B.; Simone, Luiz R. L.; Machado, Fabrizio M. (2024). "Checklist of the terrestrial gastropods of Brazil". Journal of Conchology. 45 (2): 142–185. doi:10.61733/jconch/4516.