WoRMS taxon details
Plectostoma H. Adams, 1865
995232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995232)
accepted
Genus
Plectostoma decrespignii H. Adams, 1865 accepted as Plectostoma decrespignyi H. Adams, 1865 (type by monotypy)
Geothauma Crosse, 1893 · unaccepted
Opisthostoma (Geothauma) Crosse, 1893 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Opisthostoma (Plectostoma) H. Adams, 1865 · unaccepted
- Species Plectostoma aethoderma (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma anisopterum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma annandalei (Sykes, 1903)
- Species Plectostoma austeni (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Plectostoma baritense (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Plectostoma bihamulatum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma brevituba (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma charasense (Tomlin, 1948)
- Species Plectostoma christae (Maassen, 2001)
- Species Plectostoma concinnum (Fulton, 1901)
- Species Plectostoma cookei (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Plectostoma crassipupa (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma crassum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma crobylos Vermeulen, Marzuki & Khalik, 2022
- Species Plectostoma cyrtopleuron (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma dadungense Vermeulen, Luu, Theary & Anker, 2019
- Species Plectostoma dancei (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma davisoni T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma decrespignyi H. Adams, 1865
- Species Plectostoma depauperatum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Plectostoma dindingense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma dipterum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma dormani (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma episomon (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma everetti (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Plectostoma fraternum (E. A Smith, 1905)
- Species Plectostoma goniostoma (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma grandispinosum (Godwin-Austen, 1889)
- Species Plectostoma heteropleuron (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma hosei (Godwin-Austen, 1890)
- Species Plectostoma hyron Vermeulen, Marzuki & Khalik, 2022
- Species Plectostoma ikanense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma inornatum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma jucundum (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Plectostoma kakiense (Tomlin, 1948)
- Species Plectostoma kayiani T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma kitteli Maassen, 2002
- Species Plectostoma klongsangense (Panha, 1997)
- Species Plectostoma kubuense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma laemodes (van Benthem Jutting, 1961)
- Species Plectostoma laidlawi (Sykes, 1902)
- Species Plectostoma lavillei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Species Plectostoma lissopleuron (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma lituus (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma margaretchanae Marzuki, T.-S. Liew & Mohd-Azlan, 2021
- Species Plectostoma mengaburense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma mirabile (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Plectostoma obliquedentatum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma orthosalpinx Vermeulen, Marzuki & Khalik, 2022
- Species Plectostoma otostoma (O. Boettger, 1893)
- Species Plectostoma palinhelix (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma panhai (Maassen, 2001)
- Species Plectostoma perglabrum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma perspectivum (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma picsingense (E. A. Smith, 1905)
- Species Plectostoma praeco (van Benthem Jutting, 1961)
- Species Plectostoma ptychodon (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma pulchellum (Godwin-Austen, 1890)
- Species Plectostoma pumilio (E. A. Smith, 1894)
- Species Plectostoma pyrgiscus (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma relauense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma retrovertens (Tomlin, 1938)
- Species Plectostoma salpidomon (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma sciaphilum (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma senex (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma shelfordi (E. A. Smith, 1905)
- Species Plectostoma simplex (Fulton, 1901)
- Species Plectostoma sinyumense (Maassen, 2001)
- Species Plectostoma siphonostomum (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma stellasubis (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma stenotoreton (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma tenggekense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma tohchinyawi T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma tonkinianum (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Species Plectostoma transequatoriale (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma tuba (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma turriforme (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma umbilicatum (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)
- Species Plectostoma wallacei Ancey, 1887
- Species Plectostoma whitteni T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014
- Species Plectostoma wilfordi (Vermeulen, 1994)
- Species Plectostoma xyster Vermeulen, Marzuki & Khalik, 2022
- Species Plectostoma busauense (E. A. Smith, 1893) accepted as Plectostoma wallacei busauense (E. A. Smith, 1893) (unaccepted rank)
- Species Plectostoma decrespignii H. Adams, 1865 accepted as Plectostoma decrespignyi H. Adams, 1865 (incorrect original spelling)
- Species Plectostoma dindingensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma dindingense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectostoma haplohelix Vermeulen, Luu, Theary & Anker, 2019 accepted as Plectostoma lavillei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) (junior synonym)
- Species Plectostoma ikanensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma ikanense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectostoma kubuensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma kubuense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectostoma mengaburensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma mengaburense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectostoma relauensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma relauense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Plectostoma tenggekensis T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 accepted as Plectostoma tenggekense T.-S. Liew, Vermeulen, Marzuki & Schilthuizen, 2014 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
neuter
Adams, H. (1865). Description of a new genus of land-shells from the island of Labuan, Borneo. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 15 (87): 177., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22251725
page(s): 177 [details]
page(s): 177 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plectostoma H. Adams, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995232 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. (1865). Description of a new genus of land-shells from the island of Labuan, Borneo. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 15 (87): 177., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22251725
page(s): 177 [details]
original description (of Geothauma Crosse, 1893) Crosse, H. (1893). Etudes malacologiques sur des genres nouveaux ou peu connus. Journal de Conchyliologie. 40(3): 279-292. ["1892"; 19 February 1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234586
page(s): 282 [details]
page(s): 177 [details]
original description (of Geothauma Crosse, 1893) Crosse, H. (1893). Etudes malacologiques sur des genres nouveaux ou peu connus. Journal de Conchyliologie. 40(3): 279-292. ["1892"; 19 February 1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234586
page(s): 282 [details]
Other
additional source
Blanford, W. T. (1867). On the genus of Plectostoma, H. Adams, and on the animal of Diplommatina, Benson. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3. 19(113): 305-307, 1 text-fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193096#page/319/ [details]