Английская Википедия:Charopella wilkinsoni
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Charopella wilkinsoni, also known as Wilkinson's 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.[1]
Description
The shell of these snails are 1.3–1.7 mm in height, with a diameter of 3–3.6 mm. The colour is pale golden-brown with cream or orange-brown flammulations (flame-like markings). The shape is discoidal with a low spire, whorls shouldered with an angulate periphery, with fine, closely-spaced radial ribs. The umbilicus is widely open. The aperture is rounded and lunate. The animal has a white body with dark grey eyestalks.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The snail is found across the island; it is most common at the northern end, living in plant litter in rainforest and moist woodland.[1]
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