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.

Megalophaedusa martensi
Megalophaedusa martensi. The individual in the photo has a shell 45.5 mm long and weighs 3.2g with the soft parts intact.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Clausilioidea
Family:
Clausiliidae
Genus:
Megalophaedusa
Species:
M. martensi
Binomial name
Megalophaedusa martensi
(Martens, 1860)

Description

This is the largest species in the family Clausiliidae, worldwide.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Japan.[1]

References
  1. (in Japanese) Megalophaedusa martensi Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009


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