Biology:Opinorelia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
Opinorelia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Opinorelia Iredale, 1944[1] |
Species: | O. howeinsulae
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Binomial name | |
Opinorelia howeinsulae Iredale, 1944
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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.
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
- ↑ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist 10 (3): 299–334.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q61699987 entry
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