Opisthostoma shelfordi

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Opisthostoma shelfordi
Opisthostoma shelfordi shell.png
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma shelfordi.
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Opisthostoma
Species:
O. shelfordi
Binomial name
Opisthostoma shelfordi

Opisthostoma shelfordi is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. This species belongs to the subgenus Plectostoma. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Borneo. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Schilthuizen, Menno (2003-06-05). "Sexual selection on land snail shell ornamentation: a hypothesis that may explain shell diversity". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 3 (1): 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-3-13 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   165427 . PMID   12791170.