Opisthostoma mirabile
Species of gastropod
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Opisthostoma mirabile is a species of air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Diplommatinidae.
| Opisthostoma mirabile | |
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| Drawing of the shell of Opisthostoma mirabile. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Diplommatinidae |
| Genus: | Opisthostoma |
| Species: | O. mirabile |
| Binomial name | |
| Opisthostoma mirabile E.A. Smith, 1893 | |
Distribution
It is endemic to the Kinabatangan Valley, Sabah, Malaysia.[1] It lives in Borneo.[2]
Its natural habitat is lowland Dipterocarp rainforest. Opisthostoma mirabile is endemic to one limestone outcrop near Suan Lamba known as 'Gomanton Hill'.[3] Subpopulations existed in two smaller limestone outcrops. This species is absent in surrounding non-calcareous regions, and therefore restricted to 1.5 km2 of limestone hills.[1]
Threats
It is threatened by habitat loss- limestone quarrying has extirpated Opisthostoma mirabile from the two lesser outcrops, and fire near the outcrops has caused forest desiccation which has led to a decline in Prosobranch populations.[1]
