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Placostylus cuniculinsulae
†Placostylus cuniculinsulae was a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae. This species was endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. It is now extinct.
From the article Lord Howe flax snail on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Lord Howe flax snail has a brown, pointed shell up to 7 cm long and 2 cm in diameter.
Range & habitat
This large snail is found only on Lord Howe Island off the east coast of Australia. Its conservation status has declined from common to endangered since rats were accidentally introduced to this World Heritage island in 1918.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 109582.