Tornatellides lordhowensis
| Tornatellides lordhowensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Tornatellides |
| Species: | T. lordhowensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tornatellides lordhowensis Shea & Griffiths, 2010
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Tornatellides lordhowensis, also known as the Lord Howe miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
[edit]The globose, ovately conical shell of adult snails is 2.4–2.6 mm in height, with a diameter of 2–2.1 mm, with weakly impressed sutures and rounded whorls with fine spiral grooves. It is pale gold in colour. The umbilicus is narrowly open. The aperture is subovate.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The snail occurs mainly in the central part of the island, in rainforest and low littoral vegetation, inhabiting leaf litter and the leaves of grasses and shrubs.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.