Plectostoma laemodes (van Benthem Jutting, 1961)

General description: 

Apex. Shape: distinctly convex.

Spire. Height: 2.3–2.7 mm. Width: 1.6–1.8 mm. Number of whorls: 3 1/8–4 5/8. Apical spire shape: depressed conical. Basal spire shape: ovoid. Whorl periphery: moderately to distinctly convex. Umbilicus: open or partially closed by tuba.

Constriction. Parietal teeth: two. Basal teeth: none.

Tuba. Coiling direction: type 3 and aperture visible in right lateral view. Tuba whorl length in proportion to spire last whorl: ca. 1/2–5/8. Proportion of tuba that attaches to spire: whole.

Aperture and peristome. Peristome: double peristomes. Outer peristome shape: similar to inner peristome, projected all around, except the posterior part, where the left lateral sides are slightly more projected than the anterior and right lateral side.

Spiral lines. Thick lines: absent. Thin lines: present.

Radial ribs. Rib density: 6–7 ribs per mm. Rib intensity: thin. Shape: straight to slightly curved. Inclination: prosoclin.

Conservation status: 

Least concern. Although no living population has been recorded so far, several large and well protected limestone hills in the Taman Negara probably support a viable population.

Diagnostic description: 

RMNH 156267(7), V 8490(>25).

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith