Megalobulimus amandus

Megalobulimus amandus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae.

Megalobulimus amandus
Shell of Megalobulimus amandus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Strophocheilidae
Subfamily:
Megalobuliminae
Genus:
Megalobulimus
Species:
M. amandus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus amandus
Simone, 2012

Distribution

This species is endemic to Brazil.[1]

References
  1. 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.


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