Megalobulimus
Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae.
Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.Species
Species within the genus Megalobulimus include :
- Megalobulimus abbreviatus
- Megalobulimus albescens
- Megalobulimus albus
- Megalobulimus amandus Simone, 2012
- Megalobulimus arapotiensis Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus auritus
- Megalobulimus bereniceae
- Megalobulimus bertae Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus bronni
- Megalobulimus capillaceus
- Megalobulimus cardosoi
- Megalobulimus chionostoma
- Megalobulimus conicus
- Megalobulimus elongatus
- Megalobulimus foreli
- Megalobulimus fragilion
- Megalobulimus garbeanus
- Megalobulimus globosus
- Megalobulimus grandis
- Megalobulimus granulosus
- Megalobulimus gummatus
- Megalobulimus haemastomus
- Megalobulimus hector
- Megalobulimus intertextus
- Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014
- Megalobulimus klappenbachi
- Megalobulimus leonardosi
- Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
- Megalobulimus maximus
- Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Megalobulimus musculus
- Megalobulimus nodai Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus oblongus
- Megalobulimus oliveirai
- Megalobulimus oosomus
- Megalobulimus ovatus
- Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
- Megalobulimus paranaguensis
- Megalobulimus pergranulatus
- Megalobulimus pintoi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus popelairianus - synonym: Strophocheilus popelairianus
- Megalobulimus proclivis
- Megalobulimus pygmaeus
- Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus sanctipauli
- Megalobulimus terrestris
- Megalobulimus valenciennesii
- Megalobulimus vestitus
- Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
- Megalobulimus yporanganus
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Megalobulimus torii Lange-de-Morretes, 1937: synonym of Megalobulimus yporanganus
Human use
Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus Megalobulimus, are found in fluvial shellmound on the Capelinha archaeological site from paleoamerican culture of early Holocene.
The shell of Megalobulimus sp. is used in the traditional ethnomedicine of Northwest Argentina when babies are hyperactive and cannot sleep well, then it is advised to put a shell under a pillow.
