Gyropena minuta
Species of land snail
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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]
| Gyropena minuta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Subfamily: | Charopinae |
| Genus: | Gyropena |
| Species: | G. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyropena minuta Shea & Griffiths, 2010[1] | |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Description
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
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]