Paralaoma compar

Paralaoma compar, also known as the ribbed pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.^[2]

Paralaoma compar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Paralaoma
Species:	P. compar
Binomial name
Paralaoma compar Iredale, 1944[1]
Location of Lord Howe Island

Description

The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.2–1.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.4–2.5 mm, and a low spire. It is deep golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded, with impressed sutures and moderately closely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and moderately widely open umbilicus.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

The snail is found on the summits and slopes of the southern mountains of the island.^[2]