Opisthostoma fraternum
| Opisthostoma fraternum | |
|---|---|
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| Pteroptyx tener larva attacking Opisthostoma fraternum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | Opisthostoma |
| Species: | O. fraternum |
| Binomial name | |
| Opisthostoma fraternum E. A. Smith, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plectostoma fraternum | |
Opisthostoma fraternum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk 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
- ↑ Schilthuizen M. & Vermeulen J. (2004). "Opisthostoma fraternum". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Liew T.-S. & Schilthuizen M. (2014). "Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour". PeerJ 2: e329. doi:10.7717/peerj.329.
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