Land Snails

Photos: Image of Lamellaxis micra via Creative Commons © 2010 Moorea Biocode

Lamellaxis micra (d’Orbigny, 1835) (non-native)

Family: Subulinidae
Common name: Tiny Awlsnail

Identification
Width: 2.3 mm
Height: 7 mm
Whorls: 6.5

Lamellaxis micra has an elongate shell with a simple lip and perforate umbilicus (Pilsbry, 1946). The shell sculpture is widely-spaced thread-like striae after the first couple of smooth whorls.

Ecology
This tropical species lives in the leaf litter, grazing algae, fungi, or detritus (Willig et al., 2013).

Taxonomy
This species has also been known as Helix micra, Opeas micra, Bulimus octonoides, Stenogyra octonoides (Pilsbry, 1946).

Distribution
Mexico south to Bolivia and east to the West Indies (Pilsbry, 1946). Introduced to the U.S. Southeast and East Coast.

Conservation
NatureServe Explorer rank: G5, Secure.

 

Ken Hotopp 11/2017

Range Map (click to enlarge)