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

Metastoma
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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

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]

References

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  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.
  • Pfeiffer, L. (1848). Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. 2 (1): 1-160 (1848, before September); 2 (2): 161-594 (1848); Lipsiae (Brockhaus).
  • Pilsbry, H.A. (1950). Notes on land snails of Texas. The Nautilus, 64(2): 56–58, plate 4. page(s): 56, pl. 4, figs. 1-2
  • Sterki, V. (1892). Preliminary list of North American Pupidae (north of Mexico). The Nautilus, 6(1): 2–8. * Cockerell, T.D.A. (1898). Notes on some Pupidae. The Nautilus, 11(12): 136. page(s): 136