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. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (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. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (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. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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 <i>Plectostoma</i>, H. Adams, and on the animal of <i>Diplommatina</i>, Benson. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3.</em> 19(113): 305-307, 1 text-fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193096#page/319/ [details]