Tornatellinops novoseelandica

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Tornatellinops novoseelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Tornatellinops
Species: T. novoseelandica
Binomial name
Tornatellinops novoseelandica
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
Synonyms

Tornatellina novoseelandica Pfeiffer
Lamellidea novoseelandica Climo, 1973

Tornatellinops novoseelandica, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk, in the family Achatinellidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the North Island north of Auckland, and in the Three Kings Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This minute snail is found in clumps of Astelia, under lichens, and on the fern Hymenophyllum.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, thin, smooth, shining and corneous. The spire is high, and there is a prominent plait.

The shell height is up to 3.5 mm, and width 1.5 mm.

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