''Tornatellinops jacksonensis'', also known as the Port Jackson miniature treesnail, is a
species of
tree snail Tree snail is a common name that is applied to various kinds of tropical air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks that have shells, and that live in trees, in other words, are exclusively arboreal in habitat.
Some other species of a ...
that is
endemic to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Description
The elongately conical shell of adult snails is 3.3–3.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.4–1.5 mm, with a high spire, weakly impressed
sutures and rounded whorls. It is pale golden-brown in colour. The
umbilicus is imperforate. The aperture is subovate.
Habitat
The snail occurs in south-eastern Australia from Queensland southwards to Tasmania, as well as on
Lord Howe Island and
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...
in the
Tasman Sea. It inhabits trees and leaf litter.
References
jacksonensis
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
Taxa named by James Charles Cox
Gastropods described in 1864
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