Opisthostoma simplex

Opisthostoma simplex
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Genus:	Opisthostoma
Species:	O. simplex
Binomial name
	Opisthostoma simplex; Fulton, 1901

Opisthostoma simplex is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

This species is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Schilthuizen, M. & Vermeulen, J. 2004. Opisthostoma simplex. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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