Palaina waterhousei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
Family: | Diplommatinidae |
Genus: | Palaina |
Species: | P. waterhousei |
Binomial name | |
Palaina waterhousei Iredale, 1944 | |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Palaina waterhousei, also known as the wide-ribbed staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The pupiform shell of adult snails is 2.8–3.1 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7 mm, with a domed spire. It is white in colour, with golden-brown apical whorls. It has widely spaced, axal ribs. The umbilicus is closed. The circular aperture has a strongly reflected lip and an operculum is present.
Habitat
The snail is common and widespread across the island.
References
- Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
- ^ 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 | |
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Palaina waterhousei |
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