Plectostoma obliquedentatum

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

Plectostoma obliquedentatum
A number of live Plectostoma obliquedentatum.
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Plectostoma
Species:
P. obliquedentatum
Binomial name
Plectostoma obliquedentatum
(Vermeulen, 1994)[2]
Synonyms

Opisthostoma obliquedentatum Vermeulen, 1994

Distribution

It is site-endemic to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.[3]

References

  1. IUCN (2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 January 2016.
  2. Vermeulen J. J. (1994). "Notes on the non-marine molluscs of the island of Borneo. 6. The genus Opisthostoma (Gastropoda Prosobranchia: Diplommatinidae), part 2." Basteria 58(3-4): 75–191, page 107.
  3. Clements R., Sodhi N. S., Schilthuizen M. & Ng P. K. L. (2006). "Limestone Karsts of Southeast Asia: Imperiled Arks of Biodiversity". BioScience 56(9): 733-742. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[733:LKOSAI]2.0.CO;2.


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