Plectostoma laidlawi

Plectostoma laidlawi
Pteroptyx cf. valida larva attacking Plectostoma laidlawi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Genus:	Plectostoma
Species:	P. laidlawi
Binomial name
Plectostoma laidlawi (Sykes, 1902)

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

Ecology

Predators of Plectostoma laidlawi include larvae of Pteroptyx valida.[1]

References

1. Liew T.-S. & Schilthuizen M. (2014). "Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour". PeerJ 2: e329. doi:10.7717/peerj.329.