Charopella wilkinsoni, also known as Wilkinson's pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1]
| Charopella wilkinsoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Subfamily: | Charopinae |
| Genus: | Charopella |
| Species: | C. wilkinsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Charopella wilkinsoni (Brazier, 1889)
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Description
editThe shell of these snails are 1.3–1.7 mm in height, with a diameter of 3–3.6 mm. The colour is pale golden-brown with cream or orange-brown flammulations (flame-like markings). The shape is discoidal with a low spire, whorls shouldered with an angulate periphery, with fine, closely-spaced radial ribs. The umbilicus is widely open. The aperture is rounded and lunate. The animal has a white body with dark grey eyestalks.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe snail is found across the island; it is most common at the northern end, living in plant litter in rainforest and moist woodland.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Charopella wilkinsoni (Brazier, 1889)". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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