Palaina xiphidium is a species of minute land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusks in the family Diplommatinidae. This species is endemic to Micronesia.

Palaina xiphidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Palaina
Species:
P. xiphidium
Binomial name
Palaina xiphidium
Moellendorff, 1897

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Palaina xiphidium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15908A5306863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15908A5306863.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.