Opisthostoma fraternum

Opisthostoma fraternum
Pteroptyx tener larva attacking Opisthostoma fraternum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Genus:	Opisthostoma
Species:	O. fraternum
Binomial name
Opisthostoma fraternum E. A. Smith, 1905
Synonyms
Plectostoma fraternum

Opisthostoma fraternum is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ecology

Predators of Opisthostoma fraternum include larvae of Pteroptyx tener . ^[2]

References

1. Schilthuizen, M.; Vermeulen, J. (2004). "Opisthostoma fraternum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T44631A10930304. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44631A10930304.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Liew T.-S. & Schilthuizen M. (2014). "Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour". PeerJ2: e329. doi : 10.7717/peerj.329 .