Megalophaedusa martensi
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.
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| Megalophaedusa martensi. The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | M. martensi |
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| Megalophaedusa martensi (Martens, 1860) | |
Description
This is the largest species in the family Clausiliidae, worldwide.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Japan.[1]
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References
- (in Japanese) Megalophaedusa martensi Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009
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