Paralaoma innesi

Paralaoma innesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Paralaoma
Species:	P. innesi
Binomial name
	Paralaoma innesi; Iredale, 1944
	Location of Lord Howe Island

Paralaoma innesi, also known as Innes' pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.^[2]

Description

The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 0.95 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7 mm, and a low spire. It is golden in colour. The whorls are rounded and slightly shouldered, with impressed sutures and closely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and moderately widely open umbilicus.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

The snail is most abundant on the summits of the southern mountains of the island.^[2]

References

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

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[iredale44-1] Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.

[h&k-2] 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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