Opisthostoma mirabile

Opisthostoma mirabile
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma mirabile.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Genus:	Opisthostoma
Species:	O. mirabile
Binomial name
Opisthostoma mirabile E.A. Smith, 1893

Opisthostoma 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.^[1] It lives in Borneo.^[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Schilthuizen, M. & Vermeulen, J. 2004. Opisthostoma mirabile. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007.
2. ^ Menno Schilthuizen (2003) Sexual selection on land snail shell ornamentation: a hypothesis that may explain shell diversity. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2003, 3:13doi:10.1186/1471-2148-3-13

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