Megalobulimus jaguarunensis

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Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Apertural view of an empty shell of Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species:
M. jaguarunensis
Binomial name
Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014

Megalobulimus jaguarunensis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Strophocheilidae.[1] This species was described from archaeological shell mounds (Figueirinha II circa 3,549 - 3,822 years CAL BP and Jabuticabeira II circa 1,180 - 3,200 years CAL BP), known as sambaquis, located in the city of Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, southern Brazil.[2]

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