| Paralaoma morti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Paralaoma |
| Species: | P. morti |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralaoma morti | |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Paralaoma morti, also known as Mort's pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is found on Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [2]
This species is sometimes considered to be a synonym of P. caputspinulae or of P. servilis. [2]
The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.1–1.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7–2.4 mm, and a low spire. It is golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded and slightly shouldered, with impressed sutures and distinct, widely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and widely open umbilicus. [2]
The snail is common and widespread across the island. [2]
Palaina macgillivrayi, also known as Macgillivray's staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Palaina embra, also known as the mountain-top staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Palaina lucia, also known as Lucy's staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Palaina waterhousei, also known as the wide-ribbed staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Palaina edwardi, also known as Edward's staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Gyropena is a genus of two species of tiny pinwheel snails that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Pulcharopa is a monotypic genus of pinwheel snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Diphyoropa saturni, also known as the Sydney copper pinwheel snail, is a species of pinwheel snail that is endemic to eastern Australia.
Charopinesta goweri, also known as the Mount Gower pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Charopinesta sema, also known as the Blackburn Island pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island group in the Tasman Sea.
Charopinesta suavis, also known as the sweet pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Paralaoma compar, also known as the ribbed pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Paralaoma goweri, also known as the mountain pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Paralaoma innesi, also known as Innes' pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Pernastela howensis, also known as the Lord Howe pinhead snail, is a tiny species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Charopella wilkinsoni, also known as Wilkinson's pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Goweroconcha wenda, also known as the pale-zigzag pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Goweroconcha wilsoni, also known as Gower Wilson's pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Gyropena verans, also known as the sunken-spired pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Gyropena minuta, also known as the Mount Gower pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.