Opisthostoma vermiculum

Opisthostoma vermiculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Cyclophoroidea
Family:
Diplommatinidae
Genus:
Opisthostoma
Species:
O. vermiculum
Binomial name
Opisthostoma vermiculum
Clements & Vermeulen, 2008[1]

Opisthostoma vermiculum is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Diplommatinidae. The shell possesses four different coiling axes; the most for any known living gastropod. This member of the Diplommatinidae family is endemic to Malaysia. Its natural habitat is tropical limestone outcrops.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Clements R., Thor-Seng Liew T.-S., Vermeulen J. J. & Schilthuizen M. (23 April 2008) "Further twists in gastropod shell evolution". Biology Letters 4(2): 179–182. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0602 PDF
  2. ^ "Top 10 - 2009 | International Institute for Species Exploration". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2009.