Opinorelia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Opinorelia Iredale, 1944 [1] |
Species: | O. howeinsulae |
Binomial name | |
Opinorelia howeinsulae Iredale, 1944 | |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Opinorelia is a monotypic genus of palmleaf snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [2]
The species is Opinorelia howeinsulae, also known as the scaly palmleaf snail.
The globosely turbinate to conical shell of adult snails is 4–5.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 2–3.5 mm. It is yellowish-brown in colour, with a pointed spire. The animal's body is pale brown with dark grey cephalic tentacles. [3]
The snail occurs across the island, in rainforest and moist woodland, and is usually found in leaf litter, especially fallen palm leaves. [3]
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