Megalena
Species of gastropod
title: "Megalena" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["enidae", "monotypic-gastropod-genera"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/enidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalena" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Species of gastropod ::
| image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | genus = Megalena | parent_authority = Hausdorf, 1999 | species = crassa | authority = (Retowski, 1887) | synonyms =
- Buliminus (Zebrina?) crassus Retowski, 1887
- Paramastus ? goettingi Forcart, 1961 | range_map =}}
Megalena crassa, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.
Megalena is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only one species, Megalena crassa and therefore this species is also the type species.
The generic name is composed from the prefix mega-, which means "large" from the ancient Greek language, and from the suffix -ena, for which the etymological origin is unknown.
Specimens of this species are stored in collections in Europe: Germany (Senckenberg Museum, Institute of Zoology and Museum of Zoology of University of Hamburg), Poland (Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences in Warszawa) and in the Netherlands.
Distribution
This species is known only from a few individuals which were found in northwestern Turkey.
Description
The shell is oval and elongated. The height of the shell is from 23.9 mm to 28.7 mm.
References
References
- Hausdorf H. (1999) "A new genus of the Buliminidae from Turkey (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". ''[[Journal of Natural History]]'' '''33''': 149-154. [http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/zim/mollu/literatur/Megalena99.pdf PDF] {{webarchive. link. (2006-10-28)
- {{in lang. de Retowski O. (1887) "Am Strande der Krim gefundene angeschwemmte Binnenconchylien". ''[[Malakozoologische Blatter]], Neue Folge'', '''9''': 22-42.
- {{in lang. de Forcart L. (1961) "Systematisches Verzeichnis der von Herrn Klaus-Jürgen Gotting 1960 in der Türkei gesammelten Mollusken und Neubeschreibung einer ''Paramastus''-Art". ''[[Archiv für Molluskenkunde]]'' '''90''': 175-180.
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