Megalobulimus paranaguensis
A live specimen of M. paranaguensis from Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species:
M. paranaguensis
Binomial name
Megalobulimus paranaguensis
Synonyms

Strophocheilus paranaguensis Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900

Megalobulimus paranaguensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.[2] They are native to South America and are known for being large and having a long lifespan.[3] The survival rate of males is 96.7% and similarly high for other members of the species. Their eggs most often hatch in August and September and take around 51 days to hatch.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1900). "New South American land snails". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 52: 385-394, pl. 11-12. page 390-391, plate 11, fig. 1,2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4062639
  2. ^ Simone, L.R.L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. EGB, Fapesp. São Paulo, Brazil. 390 pp. ISBN 85-906670-0-6. (book review)[page needed] Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Marcel Sabino Miranda , Lucas Vilas Bôas Correia & Iracy Lea Pecora (2020). "Activity and reproduction in Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata): implications for conservation in captivity for a South American land snail".
  4. ^ Marcel S. Miranda, José H. Fontenelle (2015). "Population dynamics of Megalobulimus paranaguensis(Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in the southeast coast of Brazil" (PDF).

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