Megalobulimus terrestris
creator: Neubert, Eike
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
creator: Köhler, Frank
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
creator: Neubauer, Thomas A.
date: 2026-08-16
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1448850 on 2026-08-16
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modified: 2022-08-29T09:11:35Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
class: Gastropoda
family: Strophocheilidae
genus: Megalobulimus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
name published in: Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29.
name published in: Martens, E. von. (1867). Ueber einige Landschnecken des oberen Amazonenstromgebietes. Malakozoologische Blätter. 14: 133-146. Cassel.
name published in: Rang, S. (1831). Description des coquilles terrestres recueillies pendant un voyage à la côte occidentale d'Afrique, et au Brésil. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 24 (93): 5-63, pls 1-3.
name published in year: 1832-1841
name published in year: 1827
name published in year: 1867
name published in year: 1831
order: Stylommatophora
parent name usage ID: 882407
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Spix, 1827)
specific epithet: terrestris
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted