Plectostoma salpidomon (van Benthem Jutting, 1952)

General description: 

Apex. Shape: distinctly convex.

Spire. Height: 2.5–2.8 mm. Width: 1.5–1.7 mm. Number of whorls: 4 5/8–5 1/4. Apical spire shape: depressed conical. Basal spire shape: ovoid. Whorl periphery: moderately to distinctly convex. Umbilicus: completely or partially closed by tuba.

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

Tuba. Coiling direction: type 2 and aperture visible in right lateral view. Tuba whorl length in proportion to spire last whorl: ca. 3/4–7/8. Proportion of tuba that attaches to spire: less than 2/3.

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

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

Radial ribs. Rib density: 5–6 ribs per mm. Rib intensity: thin. Shape: slightly curved. Inclination: prosoclin.

Conservation status: 

Least concern. Plectostoma salpidomon has a wide distribution range. Living populations have been recorded in many limestone hills and some of these are in protected areas.

Diagnostic description: 

ZMA 162137(>25), BOR 459(1), BOR 5539(>10), BOR 5540(>10), BOR 5541(5), BOR 5542(>25), BOR 5569(>25), BOR 5611(1), V 8171(4), V 8658(>25), V 8706(6), V 9116(7), V 9292(3).

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