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Opisthostoma pulchellum

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Opisthostoma pulchellum
Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma pulchellum.
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O. pulchellum
Binomial name
Opisthostoma pulchellum

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

Distribution

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This species occurs in Borneo.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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