Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis
Appearance
Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Achatinellidae |
Genus: | Tornatellinops |
Species: | T. lidgbirdensis
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Binomial name | |
Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis | |
Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis, also known as the Mount Lidgbird miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
[edit]The elongately conical shell of adult snails is 3.7–4 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.6–1.8 mm, with a high spire, impressed sutures and rounded whorls. It is black and glossy with distinct growth lines. The umbilicus is imperforate. The aperture is subovate. The animal is black.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The snail occurs only at the southern end of the island, inhabiting rock faces on the summit of Mount Lidgbird and the slopes of Mount Gower. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
- ^ a b Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2.