Megalobulimus ovatus
Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae.[1]
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| Shell of Megalobulimus ovatus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Megalobuliminae |
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| Species: | M. ovatus |
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| Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Muller) | |
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Shells are oblong or turreted and can reach a length of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in).[2]
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