Metastoma roemeri

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.

Metastoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pulmonata
Family:	Holospiridae
Genus:	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).

References

• 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