Melloconcha delecta
Melloconcha delecta, also known as the tiny amber glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
| Melloconcha delecta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Euconulidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcystinae |
| Tribe: | Liardetiini |
| Genus: | Melloconcha |
| Species: | M. delecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Melloconcha delecta | |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Description
The domed shell of the mature snail is 3.7–4.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 5.3–5.9 mm. It is smooth, glossy and transparent amber in colour The whorls are rounded, with slightly impressed sutures and finely incised spiral grooves. It has an ovately lunate aperture and closed umbilicus. The animal is grey to black.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The snail is widespread across the island, including the summits and upper slopes of the southern mountains.[2]
References
- Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
- Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2.
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Melloconcha delecta Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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