Plectostoma obliquedentatum

Plectostoma obliquedentatum
A number of live Plectostoma obliquedentatum.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

1. 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.
2. 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:LKOSAI2.0.CO;2].

External links

• 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.