''Plectostoma obliquedentatum'' is a
species of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
with an
operculum, a
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Diplommatinidae.
Distribution
It is site-
endemic to
Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia.
[Clements R., Sodhi N. S., Schilthuizen M. & Ng P. K. L. (2006). "Limestone Karsts of Southeast Asia: Imperiled Arks of Biodiversity". '']BioScience
''BioScience'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. It was established in 1964 and was preceded by the ''AIBS Bulletin'' (1951–19 ...
'' 56(9): 733-742. .
References
External links
* Webster N. B., Van Dooren T. J. & Schilthuizen M. (2012). "Phylogenetic reconstruction and shell evolution of the Diplommatinidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda)". ''
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 63(3): 625-638. .
Diplommatinidae
Gastropods described in 1994
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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