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Megalobulimus auritus

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Megalobulimus auritus
Shell of Megalobulimus auritus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species:
M. auritus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus auritus
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulimus auritus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
  • Bulinus auritus G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (basionym)

Megalobulimus auritus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "MolluscaBase - Megalobulimus auritus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ^ Sowerby I, G. B.; Sowerby II, G. B. (1832–1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London: Published by the authors. p. 140.
  • Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.