Palaina embra, also known as the mountain-top staircase snail, is a species of staircase snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

It is white in colour, with golden-brown apical whorls and impressed sutures.

It has strong, widely spaced, axal ribs.

The circular aperture has a weakly reflected lip and an operculum is present.

[2] The snail is most common in the southern mountains of the island.