Opisthostoma mirabile

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Opisthostoma mirabile
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Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma mirabile.
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O. mirabile
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Opisthostoma mirabile
E.A. Smith, 1893

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

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Distribution

It is endemic to the Kinabatangan Valley, Sabah, Malaysia. [1] It lives in Borneo. [2]

Its natural habitat is lowland Dipterocarp rainforest. Opisthostoma mirabile is endemic to one limestone outcrop near Suan Lamba known as 'Gomanton Hill'. [3] Subpopulations existed in two smaller limestone outcrops. This species is absent in surrounding non-calcareous regions, and therefore restricted to 1.5 km2 of limestone hills. [1]

Threats

It is threatened by habitat loss- limestone quarrying has extirpated Opisthostoma mirabile from the two lesser outcrops, and fire near the outcrops has caused forest desiccation which has led to a decline in Prosobranch populations. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Schilthuizen, M.; Vermeulen, J. (2004). "Opisthostoma mirabile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T44625A10929311. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44625A10929311.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 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
  3. "Taxon Pages | Opisthostoma and Plectostoma (Family Diplommatinidae)". opisthostoma.myspecies.info. Retrieved 17 July 2018.