Megalophaedusa Explained

Megalophaedusa is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.^[1]

This genus occurs in Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Megalophaedusa include: http://malacos.chez.com/htm/J32.HTM

• Megalophaedusa concrescens (Pilsbry 1905)
• Megalophaedusa hickanis mikawa Pilsbry 1905
• Megalophaedusa hiraseana (Pilsbry 1901)
• Megalophaedusa martensi (Von Martens 1860)
  • Megalophaedusa martensi tinctilabris (Pilsbry 1902)
• Megalophaedusa spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975)
• Megalophaedusa vasta Boettger 1877
• Megalophaedusa yokohamensis (Crosse 1876)

References

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megalophaedusa O. Boettger, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996166 on 2022-07-03