Paralaoma morti, also known as Mort's pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is found on Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

Taxonomy

This species is sometimes considered to be a synonym of P. caputspinulae or of P. servilis.

Paralaoma morti

Description

The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.1–1.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7–2.4 mm, and a low spire. It is golden-brown in colour. The whorls are rounded and slightly shouldered, with impressed sutures and distinct, widely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and widely open umbilicus.

Paralaoma morti

Distribution and habitat

The snail is common and widespread across the island.

Paralaoma morti

References

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Gastropods of Lord Howe Island

Taxa named by James Charles Cox

Gastropods described in 1864