Biology:Plectostoma laidlawi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Plectostoma laidlawi
Pteroptyx valida and Plectostoma laidlawi.png
Pteroptyx cf. valida larva attacking Plectostoma laidlawi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Plectostoma
Species:
P. laidlawi
Binomial name
Plectostoma laidlawi
(Sykes, 1902)

Plectostoma laidlawi is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Diplommatinidae.

Ecology

Predators of Plectostoma laidlawi include larvae of Pteroptyx valida.[1]

References

  1. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q19598657 entry