Megalobulimus ovatus

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Megalobulimus ovatus
Shell of Megalobulimus ovatus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Strophocheilidae
Genus: Megalobulimus
Species:
M. ovatus
Binomial name
Megalobulimus ovatus
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Helix ovata O. F. Müller, 1774 (basionym)
  • Bulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Strophocheilus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Helix ovipara Solander, 1786
  • Helix ovalis Gmelin, 1790

Megalobulimus ovatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. This species is endemic to Brazil.[1]

Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) or Strophocheilus ovatus in National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

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