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Megalophaedusa martensi

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Megalophaedusa martensi
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
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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M. martensi
Binomial name
Megalophaedusa martensi
(Martens, 1860)

Megalophaedusa martensi is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Description

This is the largest species in the family Clausiliidae, worldwide.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Japan.[1]

References

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Megalophaedusa martensi Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009