Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi, also known as the Mount Lidgbird pinwheel snail or the Mount Lidgbird charopid snail, is a species of pinwheel snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [1]
| Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocharopa |
| Species: | P. ledgbirdi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi (Brazier, 1889)
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Description edit
The ear-shaped shell of mature snails is 5.7–6.7 mm in height, with a diameter of 8.3–10.8 mm, with a moderately low spire, impressed sutures. It is dark brown with zigzag, cream-coloured flammulations (flame-like markings). The umbilicus is moderately wide. The ovate aperture is flattened on the upper edge.[2]
Habitat edit
The snail is only known from Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower, in rainforest on vertical rock faces. It is most easily found after rain, and probably shelters in small crevices during dry weather. It is considered to be Critically Endangered.[2]
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi (Brazier, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1150008 on 2021-07-20
- ^ 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 edit
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi (Brazier, 1889)". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Brazier, J. (1889). Mollusca. In: Etheridge, R (ed.) The general zoology of Lord Howe Island; containing also an account of the collections made by the Australian Museum Collecting Party, Aug.–Sept., 1887, pp. 22-30. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 2: 1-42
- Iredale, T. (1944). The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist. 10(3): 299-334