This article is about the genus of land snail. For the abdominal plate present in some chelicerates, see
metastoma.
Metastoma is a monotypic genus of land snail in the family Holospiridae.[1]
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M. roemeri |
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Metastoma roemeri
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- Cylindrella roemeri L. Pfeiffer, 1848
- Holospira roemeri brevissima Pilsbry, 1950
- Holospira roemeri var. minor Sterki, 1892 (nomen nudum)
- Holospira roemeri var. minor Cockerell, 1898
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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]
- 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