Palaina intercollis, also known as the Intermediate Hill staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Palaina intercollis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Architaenioglossa |
Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
Family: | Diplommatinidae |
Genus: | Palaina |
Species: | P. intercollis
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Binomial name | |
Palaina intercollis Shea & Griffiths, 2010
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Location of Lord Howe Island |
Description
editThe globose pupiform shell of adult snails is 4.7–5 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.6–2.8 mm. It is light to dark golden-brown in colour, sometimes with a white peripheral band, and with paler ribs. The circular aperture has a strongly reflected lip. The animal has a white body with dark grey cephalic tentacles and black eyes.[1]
Habitat
editThe snail is most common in the Intermediate Hill area and on the lower slopes of Mount Lidgbird.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.