Fanulena imitatrix

Fanulena imitratrix is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Microcystidae.^[2]

Fanulena imitatrix
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Microcystidae
Genus:	Fanulena
Species:	F. imitatrix
Binomial name
Fanulena imitatrix (Sykes, 1900)
Synonyms
Lutilodix imitatrix Iredale, 1945 Medyla imitatrix Sykes, 1900

It is the type species of the genus Fanulena.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate and elevated-conical in shape, regularly marked with roughened oblique ribs. It is horn-colored, adorned with chestnut spots, and features a slightly pointed, flattened protoconch. There are 5½ flattened whorls, with the body whorl keeled. The base is nearly smooth and slightly impressed, faintly marked by growth lines and spirals, with an impressed suture. The aperture is rhomboidal, with a sharp right margin and a thickened columellar margin, often equipped with an inconspicuous, whitish tooth.^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.^{[citation needed]}