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

It is golden-brown in colour, darker on the final whorl and with a white peripheral band, with widely spaced ribs.

The circular aperture has a strongly reflected lip.

The animal has a white body with dark grey cephalic tentacles and black eyes.

[1] The snail is widespread and common across the island.