Opisthostoma lituus
Opisthostoma lituus is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.
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| Subgenus: | Plectostoma |
| Species: | O. lituus |
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Distribution
This species occurs in Borneo.[1]
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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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