Melloconcha delecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Euconulidae
Subfamily: Microcystinae
Tribe: Liardetiini
Genus: Melloconcha
Species:
M. delecta
Binomial name
Melloconcha delecta
Location of Lord Howe Island

Melloconcha delecta, also known as the tiny amber glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]

Description

The domed shell of the mature snail is 3.7–4.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 5.3–5.9 mm. It is smooth, glossy and transparent amber in colour The whorls are rounded, with slightly impressed sutures and finely incised spiral grooves. It has an ovately lunate aperture and closed umbilicus. The animal is grey to black.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The snail is widespread across the island, including the summits and upper slopes of the southern mountains.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
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