Pernastela charon
Pernastela charon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Punctidae |
Genus: | Pernastela |
Species: | P. charon
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Binomial name | |
Pernastela charon | |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Pernastela charon, also known as the lowland forest pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Description[]
The trochoidal shell of the mature snail is 2.1–2.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 3.2–3.5 mm, and a raised spire. It is cream to pale golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded and flattened below an angular periphery, with moderately spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture, flattened on the upper side by a reflected lip, and a moderately wide umbilicus.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
The snail is commonest in the settlement area of the island's lowlands, inhabiting plant litter in mixed forest.[2]
References[]
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Pernastela charon Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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Categories:
- Pernastela
- Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
- Taxa named by Tom Iredale
- Gastropods described in 1944
- Punctoidea stubs