Opisthostoma everettii

Opisthostoma everettii is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

Opisthostoma everettii
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma everettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Diplommatinidae
Genus:
Opisthostoma
Subgenus:
Plectostoma
Species:
O. everettii
Binomial name
Opisthostoma everettii

Distribution

This species occurs in Borneo[1]

References
  1. 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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