Palaina edwardi explained

Palaina edwardi, also known as Edward's staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

Description

The globose pupiform shell of adult snails is 3–3.1 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7 mm, with deeply impressed sutures. It is pale golden-brown in colour, with a white peripheral band on the final whorl and radial streak above the aperture. It has widely spaced axal ribs. The umbilicus is closed. The circular aperture has a strongly reflected lip and an operculum.[1]

Habitat

The snail is rare and only found on the southern mountains of the island.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hyman . Isabel . Köhler . Frank . 2020 . A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island . Sydney . Australian Museum . 978-0-9750476-8-2.