Megalophaedusa martensi
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| image_caption = 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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| taxon = Megalophaedusa martensi
| authority = (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.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}}.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Japan.{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.jpnrdb.com/search.php?mode=map&q=110504160110809 Megalophaedusa martensi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713124653/http://www.jpnrdb.com/search.php?mode=map&q=110504160110809 |date=2011-07-13 }}. Japanese Red Data Book. Accessed 24 November 2009
References
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Category:Gastropods described in 1860
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