Plectostoma concinnum
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Atopos slug attacking Plectostoma concinnum by shell-drilling. | |
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Plectostoma concinnum (, 1901)
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Plectostoma concinnum is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
Description[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Variation_in_the_Plectostoma_concinnum_complex_in_the_Lower_Kinabatangan_valley%2C_Sabah%2C_Borneo.jpg/220px-Variation_in_the_Plectostoma_concinnum_complex_in_the_Lower_Kinabatangan_valley%2C_Sabah%2C_Borneo.jpg)
Variability of shells of Plectostoma concinnum.
Ecology[]
Predators of Plectostoma concinnum include slugs of the genus Atopos.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Diplommatinidae
- Diplommatinidae stubs