Opisthostoma shelfordi

Opisthostoma shelfordi
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma shelfordi.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. ^ a b 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.


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