Biology:Megalophaedusa martensi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Megalophaedusa martensi | |
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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)
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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
Megalophaedusa martensi is the largest species in the family Clausiliidae, worldwide. The species is oviparous.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Japan .[2]
References
- ↑ Mamos, Tomasz; Uit de Weerd, Dennis; Oheimb, Parm Viktor von; Sulikowska-Drozd, Anna (2021). "Evolution of reproductive strategies in the species-rich land snail subfamily Phaedusinae (Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158: 107060. PMID 33383174, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107060.
- ↑ (in Japanese) Megalophaedusa martensi . Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009
Wikidata ☰ Q6808523 entry
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