Paralaoma morti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Paralaoma
Species:
P. morti
Binomial name
Paralaoma morti
(Cox, 1864)[1]
Location of Lord Howe Island
Synonyms
  • Helix morti Cox, 1864

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]

Taxonomy

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

  1. ↑ Cox, JC (1864). Catalogue of Australian land shells. Sydney: John Alex Engel. p. 22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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