Opisthostoma Explained

Opisthostoma should not be confused with Opisthosoma.

Opisthostoma is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.

Species

Species in the genus Opisthostoma include:^[1]

Opisthostoma sensu stricto

Synonyms:Plectostoma was treated as a subgenus of Opisthostoma. In a 2014 revision, Plectostoma is treated as a separate genus.^[2]

Further reading

• Schilthuizen M., van Til A., Salverda M., Liew T.-S., James S. S., Elahan B. b. & Vermeulen J. J. (2006) "Microgeographic evolution of snail shell shape and predator behavior". Evolution 60(9): 1851-1858.

Notes and References

1. Schilthuizen M. (2003). "Sexual selection on land snail shell ornamentation: a hypothesis that may explain shell diversity". BMC Evolutionary Biology 3: 13. .
2. Liew T. S., Vermeulen J. J., bin Marzuki M. E. & Schilthuizen M. (2014). "A cybertaxonomic revision of the micro-landsnail genus Plectostoma Adam (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Diplommatinidae), from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Indochina". ZooKeys, e393. .