Opisthostoma mirabile
| Opisthostoma mirabile | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma mirabile. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | Opisthostoma |
| Species: | O. mirabile |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
Distribution
It is endemic to Malaysia.[1] It lives in Borneo.[2]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Schilthuizen, M. & Vermeulen, J. 2004. Opisthostoma mirabile. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
- ↑ 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
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