Melloconcha prensa
Melloconcha prensa, also known as the flattened glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
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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. prensa |
| Binomial name | |
| Melloconcha prensa | |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Description
The discoidal shell of the mature snail is 3.7–4.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 6.8–8 mm, and a low spire. It is smooth, glossy and pale golden-brown in colour The whorls are rounded, with finely incised spiral grooves. It has an ovately lunate aperture and closed umbilicus.[2]
Distribution and habitat
This uncommon snail occurs on the slopes and summits of the southern mountains, where it inhabits rainforest and moist woodland, in litter and in the axils between the stems and trunks of palms.[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 prensa Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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