Epiglypta
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicarionidae |
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Genus: | Epiglypta Pilsbry, 1893 |
Species: | E. howeinsulae
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Binomial name | |
Epiglypta howeinsulae (Cox, 1873)
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Epiglypta is a monotypic genus of glass snails that is endemic to Australia’s Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1] The species is Epiglypta howeinsulae, also known as the ribbed glass snail; it has not been collected since 1920 and may be extinct due to rat predation.[3]
Description[]
The shell of adult snails is 17–21 mm in height, with a diameter of 31.9–34.8 mm, subglobose with a moderately raised spire, with rounded whorls, impressed sutures and closely spaced radial ribs. It is yellowish-brown in colouration. The umbilicus is narrowly open in juveniles, closed by reflection in adults. The aperture is ovately lunate. It is identifiable by its large and distinctly ribbed shell.[3]
Distribution and habitat[]
The snail's distribution was limited to the vicinity of the summits of the southern mountains of the island, where it was found beneath stones and on wet rock faces.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Epiglypta". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Epiglypta howeinsulae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ a b c 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.
- Helicarionidae
- Monotypic gastropod genera
- Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry
- Gastropods described in 1893
- Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
- Helicarionidae stubs