Megalobulimus jaguarunensis
| Megalobulimus jaguarunensis | |
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| Apertural view of an empty shell of Megalobulimus jaguarunensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Acavoidea |
| Family: | Strophocheilidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalobuliminae |
| Genus: | Megalobulimus |
| Species: | M. jaguarunensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014 | |
Megalobulimus jaguarunensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. 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.[1]
References
- ↑ Fontenelle, J. H.; Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. "A new species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda, Strophocheilidae) from Brazilian shell mounds" (PDF). Strombus. 21 (1-2): 30–37.
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