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Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
882407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:882407)
accepted
Genus
Bulimus (Borus) garciamoreni K. Miller, 1878 accepted as Megalobulimus garciamoreni (K. Miller, 1878) (type by monotypy)
Borus Albers, 1850 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: not Agassiz, 1846 [Coleoptera])
Bulimus (Borus) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: not Agassiz, 1846 [Coleoptera])
Bulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878 · unaccepted (original rank)
Megalobulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878 · unaccepted
Megalobulimus (Phaiopharus) Lange de Morretes, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phaiopharus Lange de Morretes, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Psiloicus Lange de Morretes, 1952 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Strophocheilus (Borus) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted
Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878 · unaccepted
- Species Megalobulimus abbreviatus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus albescens (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus albus (Bland & W. G. Binney, 1872)
- Species Megalobulimus amandus Simone, 2012
- Species Megalobulimus auritus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
- Species Megalobulimus bertae Lange de Morretes, 1952
- Species Megalobulimus bronni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Species Megalobulimus capillaceus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Species Megalobulimus cardosoi (Lange de Morretes, 1952)
- Species Megalobulimus carrikeri (Pilsbry, 1930)
- Species Megalobulimus chionostoma (Mörch, 1852)
- Species Megalobulimus conicus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus crassus (Albers, 1850)
- Species Megalobulimus diluvianus Fontenelle & R. B. Salvador, 2023
- Species Megalobulimus dryades Fontenelle, Simone & Cavallari, 2021
- Species Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus elsae Falconieri, 1994
- Species Megalobulimus felipponei (Ihering, 1928)
- Species Megalobulimus florezi Borda & Ramírez, 2013
- Species Megalobulimus foreli (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus formicacorsii (Barattini & Ledón, 1949)
- Species Megalobulimus fragilior (Ihering, 1901)
- Species Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964)
- Species Megalobulimus garciamoreni (K. Miller, 1878)
- Species Megalobulimus globosus (E. von Martens, 1876)
- Species Megalobulimus granulosus (Rang, 1831)
- Species Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
- Species Megalobulimus haemastomus (Scopoli, 1786)
- Species Megalobulimus hauthali (Ihering, 1904) †
- Species Megalobulimus hector (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Megalobulimus helicoides Simone, 2018
- Species Megalobulimus huascari (Tschudi, 1852)
- Species Megalobulimus inambarisensis Borda & Ramírez, 2016
- Species Megalobulimus indigens (Fulton, 1914)
- Species Megalobulimus intercedens (E. von Martens, 1876)
- Species Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Species Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014
- Species Megalobulimus klappenbachi Leme, 1964
- Species Megalobulimus lacunosus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Megalobulimus leonardosi (Lange de Morretes, 1952)
- Species Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Megalobulimus lichtensteini (Albers, 1854)
- Species Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
- Species Megalobulimus martensianus (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Species Megalobulimus mauricius Falconieri, 1995
- Species Megalobulimus maximus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Species Megalobulimus nodai Lange de Morretes, 1952
- Species Megalobulimus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Megalobulimus oliveirai (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus oosomus (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Species Megalobulimus ovatus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
- Species Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900)
- Species Megalobulimus pergranulatus (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Species Megalobulimus pintoi Lange de Morretes, 1952
- Species Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845)
- Species Megalobulimus proclivis (E. von Martens, 1888)
- Species Megalobulimus pygmaeus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Species Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
- Species Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange de Morretes, 1952
- Species Megalobulimus sanctaepauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900)
- Species Megalobulimus santacruzii (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Species Megalobulimus separabilis (Fulton, 1903)
- Species Megalobulimus tayacajus Borda & Ramírez, 2016
- Species Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
- Species Megalobulimus valenciennesii (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Species Megalobulimus versatilis (Fulton, 1905)
- Species Megalobulimus vestitus (Pilsbry, 1926)
- Species Megalobulimus wichmanni Miquel & Manceñido, 1999 †
- Species Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange de Morretes, 1952
- Species Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
- Species Megalobulimus cocapatensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Megalobulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878 accepted as Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878
- Species Megalobulimus (Megalobulimus) arapotiensis Lange de Morretes, 1952 accepted as Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Megalobulimus (Microborus) Pilsbry, 1926 accepted as Austroborus Parodiz, 1949 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Blandford, 1897 [Coleoptera])
- Species Megalobulimus (Microborus) incarum Pilsbry, 1944 accepted as Paeniscutalus crenellus (R. A. Philippi, 1867) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Megalobulimus (Phaiopharus) Lange de Morretes, 1952 accepted as Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Megalobulimus arapotiensis Lange de Morretes, 1952 accepted as Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Megalobulimus bereniceae (Lange de Morretes, 1955) accepted as Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Megalobulimus castelnaudi (Hupé, 1857) accepted as Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (junior synonym)
- Species Megalobulimus garbei Lange de Morretes, 1949 accepted as Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
- Species Megalobulimus grandis (E. von Martens, 1885) accepted as Megalobulimus martensianus (Pilsbry, 1902) (invalid; based on a preoccupied original name, S. martensianus is a replacement name)
- Species Megalobulimus inambarisense [sic] accepted as Megalobulimus inambarisensis Borda & Ramírez, 2016 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Megalobulimus sanctipauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900) accepted as Megalobulimus sanctaepauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900) (unjustified emendation or subsequent misspelling)
- Species Megalobulimus seneri (Jousseaume, 1884) accepted as Chiliborus rosaceus seneri (Jousseaume, 1884) (superseded rank and combination)
- Species Megalobulimus senezi (Jousseaume, 1884) accepted as Chiliborus rosaceus seneri (Jousseaume, 1884) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Megalobulimus toriii Lange de Morretes, 1937 accepted as Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
- Species Megalobulimus valenciennesi (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) accepted as Megalobulimus valenciennesii (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (incorrect spelling)
masculine
(of Bulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878) Miller, K. (1878). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 25: 153-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855524
page(s): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus K. Miller, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882407 on 2026-09-17
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original description
(of Borus Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Borus) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Megalobulimus (Phaiopharus) Lange de Morretes, 1952) Lange de Morretes, F. (1952). Novas espécies brasileiras da família Strophocheilidae. <em>Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo.</em> 8(4): 109–126.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Psiloicus Lange de Morretes, 1952) Lange de Morretes, F. (1952). Novas espécies brasileiras da família Strophocheilidae. <em>Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo.</em> 8(4): 109–126.
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878) Miller, K. (1878). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 25: 153-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855524
page(s): 172 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 4. Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferussaciidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 437-564. Moskva [December].
page(s): 463 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Borus) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Megalobulimus (Phaiopharus) Lange de Morretes, 1952) Lange de Morretes, F. (1952). Novas espécies brasileiras da família Strophocheilidae. <em>Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo.</em> 8(4): 109–126.
page(s): 111 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Psiloicus Lange de Morretes, 1952) Lange de Morretes, F. (1952). Novas espécies brasileiras da família Strophocheilidae. <em>Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo.</em> 8(4): 109–126.
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bulimus (Megalobulimus) K. Miller, 1878) Miller, K. (1878). Die Binnenmollusken von Ecuador. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 25: 153-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855524
page(s): 172 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 4. Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferussaciidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 437-564. Moskva [December].
page(s): 463 [details]
