Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Megalobulimus parafragilior (Megalobulimus parafragilior), recorded as Endangered
Megalobulimus parafragilior (Megalobulimus parafragilior). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Megalobulimus parafragilior

Megalobulimus parafragilior

Megalobulimus parafragilior is a land snail in the family Strophocheilidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Megalobulimus parafragilior
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Strophocheilidae · Megalobulimus

The land snail

These are the familiar land snails and slugs: air-breathing gastropods with a lung, not a gill.

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to Brazil and has been found in São Paulo and Paraná states.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

Megalobulimus parafragilior is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Megalobulimus parafragilior — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3756618. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Megalobulimus parafragilior?
Megalobulimus parafragilior is a land snail in the family Strophocheilidae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Megalobulimus parafragilior?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Megalobulimus parafragilior. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Megalobulimus parafragilior live?
It is endemic to Brazil and has been found in São Paulo and Paraná states.
Why is Megalobulimus parafragilior in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Megalobulimus parafragilior?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Megalobulimus parafragilior a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.