Plectostoma obliquedentatum

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Plectostoma obliquedentatum
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A number of live Plectostoma obliquedentatum.
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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.

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Distribution

It is site-endemic to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. [2]

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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:LKOSAI 2.0.CO;2].