A Field Guide to the Snails of Lord Howe Island

81 Genus Pulcharopa Iredale, 1944 Description. As for species (below). Remarks. Largerthan Gyropena ;smallerthan Goweroconcha , Hedleyoconcha , Mystivagor and Pseudocharopa . Differs from Charopella and Diphyoropa in its flammulated rather than banded or uniform-coloured shell, in its widely spaced radial ribs, and its discoidal shape with a very low spire. Pulcharopa plesa Iredale, 1944 Fiery-bangled Pinwheel Snail Shell. Size: H = 1.9-2.5 mm, D = 3.5-4.2 mm. Colour: Orange-brown with white zigzagging flammulations. Shape: Discoidal with a very low spire; whorls shouldered; sutures impressed. Sculpture: Protoconch with fine, closely spaced radial lirae; teleoconch with prominent, widely spaced ribs. Aperture: Ovately lunate. Umbilicus: Moderately widely open. Animal. Not known. Key distinguishing features. Small size, zigzagging flammulations, widely spaced ribs. Malabar Kim’s Lookout Transit Hill Intermediate Hill Mt Lidgbird Mt Gower ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ● P. plesa ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●●●●●●● ●● ● P. plesa Pulcharopa plesa 1 mm