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Species of land snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Limborelia innesi, also known as the compact palmleaf snail, is a species of palmleaf snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1]
Limborelia innesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Assimineidae |
Genus: | Limborelia |
Species: | L. innesi |
Binomial name | |
Limborelia innesi (Iredale, 1944) | |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
The turbinate to conical shell of adult snails is 3.6–3.9 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.5–2.8 mm. It is smooth, dark brown to black in colour, with a pointed spire. The animal's body and cephalic tentacles are black.[2]
The snail is found on the southern mountains of the island, in rainforest and moist woodland, living on rock faces above an elevation of 400 m.[2]
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