Plectostoma obliquedentatum
| Plectostoma obliquedentatum | |
|---|---|
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| A number of live Plectostoma obliquedentatum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | Plectostoma |
| Species: | P. obliquedentatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectostoma obliquedentatum (Vermeulen, 1994)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Opisthostoma obliquedentatum Vermeulen, 1994 | |
Plectostoma obliquedentatum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
Distribution
It is site-endemic to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.[2]
References
- ^ Vermeulen J. J. (1994). "Notes on the non-marine molluscs of the island of Borneo. 6. The genus Opisthostoma (Gastropoda Prosobranchia: Diplommatinidae), part 2." Basteria 58(3-4): 75–191, page 107.
- ^ Clements R., Sodhi N. S., Schilthuizen M. & Ng P. K. L. (2006). "Limestone Karsts of Southeast Asia: Imperiled Arks of Biodiversity". BioScience 56(9): 733-742. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[733:LKOSAI]2.0.CO;2.
External links
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- Webster N. B., Van Dooren T. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2012). "Phylogenetic reconstruction and shell evolution of the Diplommatinidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(3): 625-638. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.004.