Tornatellides_lordhowensis

<i>Tornatellides lordhowensis</i>

Tornatellides lordhowensis

Species of land snail

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.

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Description

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

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

  1. [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.

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