Tornatellides subperforata

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Tornatellides subperforata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Tornatellides
Species: T. subperforata
Binomial name
Tornatellides subperforata
(Suter, 1909)
Synonyms

Tornatellina subperforata Suter, 1909

Tornatellides subperforata, is a species of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Achatinellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand; it is found in the Northland Region of the North Island.

[edit] Habitat

This minute snail has an arboreal existence on the leaves of kohekohe and nikau palms.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, elevated-conic, thin, shining and corneous. The spire is high, but less so than in Tornatellinops novoseelandica. The columella is reflexed above, partly concealing a narrow perforation. There is a parietal wall plait.

The shell height is up to 3.5 mm, and the width is up to 2.2 mm.

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