Opisthostoma is a genus of minute land snails with opercula, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae.

Species

Species in the genus Opisthostoma include:

Opisthostoma sensu stricto

Synonyms

Plectostoma was treated as a subgenus of Opisthostoma. In a 2014 revision, Plectostoma is treated as a separate genus.

Further reading

  • Schilthuizen M., van Til A., Salverda M., Liew T.-S., James S. S., Elahan B. b. & Vermeulen J. J. (2006) "Microgeographic evolution of snail shell shape and predator behavior". Evolution 60(9): 1851-1858. doi:

External links

  • Media related to Opisthostoma at Wikimedia Commons