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Tornatellinops novoseelandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Pulmonata
Suborder:	Eupulmonata
Family:	Achatinellidae
Genus:	Tornatellinops
Species:	T. novoseelandica
Binomial name
	Tornatellinops novoseelandica; (Pfeiffer, 1853)
Synonyms
	Tornatellina novoseelandica Pfeiffer; Lamellidea novoseelandica Climo, 1973

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Tornatellinops novoseelandica, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk, in the family Achatinellidae.

This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the North Island north of Auckland, and in the Three Kings Islands.

This minute snail is found in clumps of Astelia, under lichens, and on the fern Hymenophyllum.

The shell is small, thin, smooth, shining and corneous. The spire is high, and there is a prominent plait.

The shell height is up to 3.5 mm, and width 1.5 mm.

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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