Paralaoma morti
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Paralaoma |
| Species: | P. morti
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| 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]
Taxonomy[edit]
This species is sometimes considered to be a synonym of P. caputspinulae or of P. servilis.[2]
Description[edit]
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]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The snail is common and widespread across the island.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Cox, JC (1864). Catalogue of Australian land shells. Sydney: John Alex Engel. p. 22.
- ^ a b c d 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.