Elasmias wakefieldiae

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Elasmias wakefieldiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

clade

Contents

Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinelloidea
Family:
Achatinellidae
Subfamily:
Tornatellininae
Tribe:
Elasmiatini
Genus:
Elasmias
Species:
E. wakefieldiae
Binomial name
Elasmias wakefieldiae
(Cox, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Achatinella wakefieldiaeCox, 1868
  • Elasmias scholaIredale, 1944

Elasmias wakefieldiae, also known as Wakefield's miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia.

Description

The globose, ovately conical shell of adult snails is 2.4–2.6 mm in height, with a diameter of 2–2.1 mm, with weakly impressed sutures and rounded whorls with fine spiral grooves. It is transparent white with the apical whorls appearing golden-brown in the living animal. The umbilicus is imperforate. The aperture is subovate. The animal is transparent and colourless. [1]

Habitat

The snail occurs in south-eastern Queensland and New South Wales, as well as on Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It lives in trees and in leaf litter. [1]

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References

  1. 1 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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