| Plectostoma concinnum | |
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| Atopos slug attacking Plectostoma concinnum by shell-drilling. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | Plectostoma |
| Species: | P. concinnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectostoma concinnum (Fulton, 1901) | |
Plectostoma concinnum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
Description
Variability of shells of Plectostoma concinnum.
Ecology
Predators of Plectostoma concinnum include slugs of the genus Atopos.[1]
References
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- ↑ Liew T.-S. & Schilthuizen M. (2014). "Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour". PeerJ 2: e329. doi:10.7717/peerj.329.
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