''Tornatellinops lidgbirdensis'', also known as the Mount Lidgbird 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 ...
's
Lord Howe Island in the
Tasman Sea.
Description
The elongately conical shell of adult snails is 3.7–4 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.6–1.8 mm, with a high spire, impressed
sutures and rounded whorls. It is black and glossy with distinct growth lines. The
umbilicus is imperforate. The aperture is subovate. The animal is black.
Habitat
The snail occurs only at the southern end of the island, inhabiting rock faces on the summit of
Mount Lidgbird and the slopes of
Mount Gower.
References
lidgbirdensis
Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
Gastropods described in 1944
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