Opisthostoma hosei
Opisthostoma hosei | |
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Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma hosei. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Diplommatinidae |
Genus: | Opisthostoma |
Subgenus: | Plectostoma |
Species: | O. hosei |
Binomial name | |
Opisthostoma hosei | |
Opisthostoma hosei is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Borneo.[1]
References
- ↑ Menno Schilthuizen (2003) Sexual selection on land snail shell ornamentation: a hypothesis that may explain shell diversity. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2003, 3:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-3-13
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