A snail reported from eastern Viti Levu.
The dried shell of the single holotype is 2.51 mm high; its sex is unknown.
Palaina kitteli is a land snail described from karst forest in eastern Viti Levu, Fiji. In their 2015 revision, Neubert and Bouchet used type material collected in rainforest at Wailotua karst, 50–80 m above sea level. The specimens were collected between 25 and 27 August 1998.
The same paper records material from Waivisa karst, also rainforest at 50–80 m, collected on 27 August 1998. The holotype shell is 2.51 mm high. It is yellowish, and its shell bulb is compressed from the sides and lies at an angle to the shell’s axis. The shell is left-handed, with widely spaced ribs and a double lip around the opening. The two karsts are in eastern Viti Levu.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Neubert and Bouchet’s 2015 revision documents Palaina kitteli at Wailotua and Waivisa karsts in eastern Viti Levu. Both records are from rainforest at 50–80 m elevation, collected in August 1998. Their broader survey sampled 12 Viti Levu localities and found 1–13 Diplommatinidae species at each; ten species were recorded at a single site. The authors noted many unsurveyed Fiji islands and limestone areas.