Metastoma roemeri

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Metastoma
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Metastoma

Strebel, 1880
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M. roemeri
Binomial name
Metastoma roemeri
Pfeiffer, 1848
Synonyms
  • Cylindrella roemeriL. Pfeiffer, 1848
  • Holospira roemeri brevissimaPilsbry, 1950
  • Holospira roemeri var. minorSterki, 1892 (nomen nudum)
  • Holospira roemeri var. minorCockerell, 1898

Metastoma is a monotypic genus of land snail in the family Holospiridae. [1]

M. roemeri, the single species of the genus, can be found in arid habitats in the United States (New Mexico and Texas) and Mexico (Coahuila and Chihuahua). [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Metastoma roemeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1064294 on 2019-12-05
  2. Thompson, Fred G.; Mihalcik, Elizabeth (2011). "Land snails of the family Holospiridae from Northern Mexico: Coelostemma and Metastoma (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 140 (2): 245–263. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/140/245-263.