Limborelia exquisita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Limborelia |
Species: | L. exquisita
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Binomial name | |
Limborelia exquisita (
Pfeiffer, 1855)
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Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Synonyms | |
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Limborelia exquisita, also known as the exquisite palmleaf snail, is a species of palmleaf snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [1]
The shell of adult snails is 7–8.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 4–6 mm. It is smooth, yellow-brown to dark brown in colour, with a pointed spire. The animal has a cream to brown body. [2]
The snail is found across the island in rainforest and woodland in leaf litter, especially fallen palm leaves, mainly below an elevation of 500 m. [2]
Limborelia exquisita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Limborelia |
Species: | L. exquisita
|
Binomial name | |
Limborelia exquisita (
Pfeiffer, 1855)
| |
Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Synonyms | |
|
Limborelia exquisita, also known as the exquisite palmleaf snail, is a species of palmleaf snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [1]
The shell of adult snails is 7–8.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 4–6 mm. It is smooth, yellow-brown to dark brown in colour, with a pointed spire. The animal has a cream to brown body. [2]
The snail is found across the island in rainforest and woodland in leaf litter, especially fallen palm leaves, mainly below an elevation of 500 m. [2]