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Palaina arborfumosa

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Species of land snail

Palaina arborfumosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Palaina
Species: P. arborfumosa
Binomial name
Palaina arborfumosa
Shea & Griffiths, 2010
Location of Lord Howe Island

Palaina arborfumosa, also known as the Smoking Tree staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

Description

The globose pupiform shell of adult snails is 5.6–6.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 3.2–3.5 mm. It is pale golden- to orange-brown in colour, with a conical spire and closely spaced ribs.

Habitat

The snail is most common in the central part of the island, especially Intermediate Hill, Smoking Tree Ridge and Soldier's Creek, with a few records from elsewhere.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Palaina arborfumosa
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