Paralaoma morti
Paralaoma morti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Punctidae |
Genus: | Paralaoma |
Species: | P. morti
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Binomial name | |
Paralaoma morti | |
Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Synonyms | |
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Paralaoma morti, also known as Mort's pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is found on Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Taxonymy[]
This species is sometimes considered to be a synonym of P. caputspinulae or of P. servilis.[2]
Description[]
The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.1–1.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7–2.4 mm, and a low spire. It is golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded and slightly shouldered, with impressed sutures and distinct, widely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and widely open umbilicus.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
The snail is common and widespread across the island.[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Paralaoma
- Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
- Taxa named by James Charles Cox
- Gastropods described in 1864
- Punctoidea stubs