# Megalobulimus

Megalobulimus is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Megalobuliminae within the family Strophocheilidae (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Megalobulimus is the type genus of the subfamily Megalobuliminae.

## Species

Species within the genus Megalobulimus include (all species from Brazil are listed):
* Megalobulimus abbreviatus (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus albescens (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus albus (Bland & Binney, 1872)
* Megalobulimus amandus Simone, 2012
* Megalobulimus arapotiensis Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus auritus (Sowerby, 1838)
* Megalobulimus bertae Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus bronni (Pfeiffer, 1847)
* Megalobulimus capillaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
* Megalobulimus cardosoi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
* Megalobulimus carrikeri (Pilsbry, 1930)
* Megalobulimus castelnaudi (Hupé, 1857)
* Megalobulimus chionostoma (Mörch, 1852)
* Megalobulimus conicus (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus crassus (Albers, 1850)
* Megalobulimus dryades Fontenelle, Simone & Cavallari, 2021
* Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus elsae Falconeri, 1994
* Megalobulimus felipponei Ihering, 1928
* Megalobulimus florezi Borda & Ramírez, 2013
* Megalobulimus foreli (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus formicacorsii (Barattini & Ledón, 1949)
* Megalobulimus fragilior (Ihering, 1901)
* Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964)
* Megalobulimus globosus (Martens, 1876)
* Megalobulimus grandis (Martens, 1885)
* Megalobulimus granulosus (Rang, 1831)
* Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
* Megalobulimus haemastomus (Scopoli, 1786)
* † Megalobulimus hauthali (Ihering, 1904)
* Megalobulimus hector (Pfeiffer, 1857)
* Megalobulimus helicoides Simone, 2018
* Megalobulimus huascari (Tschudi, 1852)
* Megalobulimus inambarisensis Borda & Ramírez, 2016
* Megalobulimus indigens (Fulton, 1914)
* Megalobulimus intercedens (E. von Martens, 1876)
* Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
* Megalobulimus jaguarunensis Fontenelle, Cavallari & Simone, 2014
* Megalobulimus klappenbachi (Leme, 1964)
* Megalobulimus lacunosus (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* Megalobulimus leonardosi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
* Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* Megalobulimus lichtensteini Albers, 1854
* Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
* Megalobulimus mauricius Falconeri, 1995
* Megalobulimus maximus (Sowerby, 1825)
* Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
* Megalobulimus musculus (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus nodai Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
* Megalobulimus oliveirai (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus oosomus (Pilsbry, 1895)
* Megalobulimus ovatus (Müller, 1774)
* Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
* Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900)
* Megalobulimus pergranulatus (Pilsbry, 1901)
* Megalobulimus pintoi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845) – synonym: Strophocheilus popelairianus
* Megalobulimus proclivis (Martens, 1888)
* Megalobulimus pygmaeus (Bequaert, 1948)
* Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
* Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus sanctipauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900)
* Megalobulimus santacruzii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* Megalobulimus senezi (Jousseaume, 1884)
* Megalobulimus separabilis (Fulton, 1903)
* Megalobulimus tayacajus Borda & Ramírez, 2016
* Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
* Megalobulimus valenciennesii (Pfeiffer, 1842)
* Megalobulimus versatilis (Fulton, 1905)
* Megalobulimus vestitus (Pilsbry, 1926)
* † Megalobulimus wichmanni Miquel & Manceñido, 1999
* Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
* Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Megalobulimus bereniceae (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952): synonym of Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895) (superseded combination)
* Megalobulimus inambarisense [sic]: synonym of Megalobulimus inambarisensis Borda & Ramírez, 2016 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* Megalobulimus torii Lange-de-Morretes, 1937: synonym of Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)
* Megalobulimus valenciennesi (L. Pfeiffer, 1842): synonym of Megalobulimus valenciennesii (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (incorrect spelling)

## Human use

Shells of terrestrial snails, mainly of the genus Megalobulimus, are found in fluvial shellmound (called sambaqui in Brazil) on the Capelinha archaeological site from Paleo-Indian culture of early Holocene.
The shell of Megalobulimus sp. (local name: "churito") 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.