Opinorelia

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Opinorelia
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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
Lord Howe Island.PNG
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]

Contents

The species is Opinorelia howeinsulae, also known as the scaly palmleaf snail.

Description

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]

Habitat

The snail occurs across the island, in rainforest and moist woodland, and is usually found in leaf litter, especially fallen palm leaves. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Opinorelia howeinsulae Iredale, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956230 on 2021-07-04
  3. 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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