Gyropena minuta
| Gyropena minuta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Subfamily: | Charopinae |
| Genus: | Gyropena |
| Species: | G. minuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Gyropena minuta Shea & Griffiths, 2010[1]
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Gyropena minuta, also known as the Mount Gower pinwheel snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the pinwheel snail family, that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Description[edit]
The shell of the snail is 0.9 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.9 mm. The colour is golden-brown. The shape is discoidal with a low spire, shouldered whorls, impressed sutures, and with prominent, moderately widely-spaced radial ribs. The umbilicus is widely open. The aperture is roundly lunate. The animal is unknown.[2]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This rare snail is found at the southern end of the island on the summits and slopes of Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower, inhabiting plant litter.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Stanisic, J; Shea, M; Potter, D; Griffiths, O (2010). Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Brisbane: Queensland Museum.
- ^ a b c 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). "Gyropena minuta Shea & Griffiths, 2010". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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