Palaina capillacea
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Specimen of Palaina capillacea at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Species: | P. capillacea
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Palaina capillacea (Pfeiff., 1855)
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Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Palaina capillacea, also known as the strong-bladed 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 3.8–4.1 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.9–2.1 mm and a conical spire. It is white in colour, with impressed sutures. It has bold, closely spaced, axal ribs. The umbilicus is closed. The circular aperture has a flared lip and an operculum is present. The animal has a white body with dark grey cephalic tentacles and black eyes.[1]
Habitat[]
The snail is common and widespread throughout the island.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- Palaina
- Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
- Taxa named by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
- Gastropods described in 1855
- Diplommatinidae stubs