Megalophaedusa

Megalophaedusa
Megalophaedusa martensi. The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Clausilioidea
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Megalophaedusa Boettger, 1877 [1]

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.

This genus occurs in Japan.

Species

Species within the genus Megalophaedusa include: [2]

• Megalophaedusa concrescens (Pilsbry 1905)
• Megalophaedusa hickanis mikawa Pilsbry 1905
• Megalophaedusa hiraseana (Pilsbry 1901)
• Megalophaedusa martensi (Von Martens 1860)
  • Megalophaedusa martensi tinctilabris (Pilsbry 1902)
• Megalophaedusa vasta Boettger 1877
• Megalophaedusa yokohamensis (Crosse 1876)

References

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info