Plectostoma concinnum

Plectostoma concinnum
	Atopos slug attacking Plectostoma concinnum by shell-drilling.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Diplommatinidae
Genus:	Plectostoma
Species:	P. concinnum
Binomial name
	Plectostoma concinnum; (Fulton, 1901)

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

Description

Variability of shells of Plectostoma concinnum.

Predators of Plectostoma concinnum include slugs of the genus Atopos.[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.

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