Opisthostoma goniostoma

Opisthostoma goniostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

Opisthostoma goniostoma
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma goniostoma.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Diplommatinidae
Genus:
Opisthostoma
Subgenus:
Plectostoma
Species:
O. goniostoma
Binomial name
Opisthostoma goniostoma

Distribution

This species occurs in Borneo.[1]

References
  1. Menno Schilthuizen (2003) Sexual selection on land snail shell ornamentation: a hypothesis that may explain shell diversity. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2003, 3:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-3-13


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