Metastoma roemeri

This article is about the genus of land snail. For the abdominal plate present in some chelicerates, see metastoma.

Metastoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Pulmonata
Family:
Holospiridae
Genus:
Metastoma

Strebel, 1880
Species:
M. roemeri
Binomial name
Metastoma roemeri
Pfeiffer, 1848
Synonyms
  • Cylindrella roemeri L. Pfeiffer, 1848
  • Holospira roemeri brevissima Pilsbry, 1950
  • Holospira roemeri var. minor Sterki, 1892 (nomen nudum)
  • Holospira roemeri var. minor Cockerell, 1898

Metastoma is a monotypic genus of land snail in the family Holospiridae.[1]

M. roemeri, the single species of the genus, can be found in arid habitats in the United States (New Mexico and Texas) and Mexico (Coahuila and Chihuahua).[2]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Metastoma roemeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1064294 on 2019-12-05
  2. ^ Thompson, Fred G.; Mihalcik, Elizabeth (2011). "Land snails of the family Holospiridae from Northern Mexico: Coelostemma and Metastoma (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 140 (2): 245–263. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/140/245-263.