Palaina macgillivrayi
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Species: | P. macgillivrayi
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Palaina macgillivrayi (Pfeiff., 1855)
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Location of Lord Howe Island |
Palaina macgillivrayi, also known as Macgillivray's 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 5.2–6.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.9–3.1 mm. It is golden-brown in colour, darker on the final whorl and with a white peripheral band, with widely spaced ribs. The circular aperture has a strongly reflected lip. The animal has a white body with dark grey cephalic tentacles and black eyes.[1]
Habitat[]
The snail is widespread and common across the island.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- Palaina
- Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
- Taxa named by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer
- Gastropods described in 1855
- Diplommatinidae stubs