Paralaoma morti

Paralaoma morti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Paralaoma
Species:	P. morti
Binomial name
	Paralaoma morti; (Cox, 1864)
	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

^ Cox, JC (1864). Catalogue of Australian land shells. Sydney: John Alex Engel. p. 22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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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[cox1864-1] Cox, JC (1864). Catalogue of Australian land shells. Sydney: John Alex Engel. p. 22.

[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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