Shell of Megaustenia rondonyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Infraorder:
Limacoidei
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Ariophantidae
Genus:
Megaustenia Cockerell, 1912
Type species
Vitrina praestans Gould, 1843
Synonyms
Cryptosoma Theobald, 1857 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cryptosoma Milne-Edwards, 1837 [Crustacea]; Megaustenia is a replacement name)
Helicarion (Cryptosoma) Theobald, 1857
Megaustenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariophantinae of the family Ariophantidae.[1]
^MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megaustenia Cockerell, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995745 on 2021-07-08