Plectostoma concinnum
Plectostoma concinnum | |
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Atopos slug attacking Plectostoma concinnum by shell-drilling. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
Family: | Diplommatinidae |
Genus: | Plectostoma |
Species: | P. concinnum |
Binomial name | |
Plectostoma concinnum (Fulton, 1901) | |
Plectostoma concinnum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
Description
![](../I/m/Variation_in_the_Plectostoma_concinnum_complex_in_the_Lower_Kinabatangan_valley%2C_Sabah%2C_Borneo.jpg)
Variability of shells of Plectostoma concinnum.
Ecology
Predators of Plectostoma concinnum include slugs of the genus Atopos.[1]
References
- ↑ 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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