Limborelia innesi, also known as the compact palmleaf snail, is a species of palmleaf snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Limborelia |
| Species: | L. innesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Limborelia innesi (Iredale, 1944)
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Description
editThe turbinate to conical shell of adult snails is 3.6–3.9 mm in height, with a diameter of 2.5–2.8 mm. It is smooth, dark brown to black in colour, with a pointed spire. The animal's body and cephalic tentacles are black.[2]
Habitat
editThe snail is found on the southern mountains of the island, in rainforest and moist woodland, living on rock faces above an elevation of 400 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limborelia innesi Iredale, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1311451 on 2021-07-04
- ^ a b 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.
External links
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