Tornatellides lordhowensis
# Tornatellides lordhowensis

Tornatellides lordhowensis, also known as the Lord Howe miniature treesnail, is a species of tree snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

## Description

The globose, ovately conical shell of adult snails is 2.4–2.6 mm in height, with a diameter of 2–2.1 mm, with weakly impressed sutures and rounded whorls with fine spiral grooves. It is pale gold in colour. The umbilicus is narrowly open. The aperture is subovate.

## Habitat

The snail occurs mainly in the central part of the island, in rainforest and low littoral vegetation, inhabiting leaf litter and the leaves of grasses and shrubs.

