Opisthostoma
Encyclopedia
Opisthostoma is a genus
of minute land snail
s with opercula
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family
Diplommatinidae
.
subgenus Plectostoma
subgenus ?
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s with opercula
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Diplommatinidae
Diplommatinidae
Diplommatinidae is a family of small land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoridae.-Genera:*Subfamily Diplommatininae L...
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Species
Species in the genus Opisthostoma include:subgenus Plectostoma
- Opisthostoma everettiiOpisthostoma everettiiOpisthostoma everettii is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma goniostomaOpisthostoma goniostomaOpisthostoma goniostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma grandispinosumOpisthostoma grandispinosumOpisthostoma grandispinosum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma hoseiOpisthostoma hoseiOpisthostoma hosei is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma mirabileOpisthostoma mirabileOpisthostoma 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. It lives in Borneo....
- Opisthostoma obliquedentatum - photo on figure 3b:
- Opisthostoma pulchellumOpisthostoma pulchellumOpisthostoma pulchellum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma lituusOpisthostoma lituusOpisthostoma lituus is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma shelfordiOpisthostoma shelfordiOpisthostoma shelfordi is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
- Opisthostoma stellasubisOpisthostoma stellasubisOpisthostoma stellasubis is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae....
subgenus ?
- Opisthostoma beeartee
- Opisthostoma bihamulatumOpisthostoma bihamulatumOpisthostoma bihamulatum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen,...
- Opisthostoma decrespignyiOpisthostoma decrespignyiOpisthostoma decrespignyi is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:*...
- Opisthostoma dormaniOpisthostoma dormaniOpisthostoma dormani is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen, M....
- Opisthostoma fraternumOpisthostoma fraternumOpisthostoma fraternum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen,...
- Opisthostoma inornatumOpisthostoma inornatumOpisthostoma inornatum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen,...
- Opisthostoma jucundumOpisthostoma jucundumOpisthostoma jucundum is a species of 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,...
- Opisthostoma nilgiricum Blanford & Blanford 1860 - type species
- Opisthostoma otostomaOpisthostoma otostomaOpisthostoma otostoma is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen, M....
- Opisthostoma perspectivumOpisthostoma perspectivumOpisthostoma perspectivum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:*...
- Opisthostoma simplexOpisthostoma simplexOpisthostoma simplex is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Schilthuizen, M....
- Opisthostoma vermiculumOpisthostoma vermiculumOpisthostoma vermiculum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. It possesses four different coiling axes; the most for any known living gastropod. This member of the Diplommatinidae family is endemic to...
Further reading
- Schilthuizen M., van Til A., Salverda M., Liew T.-S., James S. S., Elahan B. b., Vermeulen J. J. & O'Foighil D. (September 2006) "Microgeographic evolution of snail shell shape and predator behavior". EvolutionEvolution (journal)Evolution, the International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a leading monthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by...
60(9): 1851-1858.