Biology:Goweroconcha

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of land snails

Goweroconcha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Subfamily: Charopinae
Genus: Goweroconcha
Iredale, 1944[1]

Goweroconcha is a genus of three species of pinwheel snails that are endemic to Australia 's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]

Species

  • Goweroconcha waterhousiae (Hedley, 1897)cinnamon-zigzag pinwheel snail
  • Goweroconcha wenda Iredale, 1944pale-zigzag pinwheel snail
  • Goweroconcha wilsoni Iredale, 1944Wilson's pinwheel snail

References

  1. Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist 10 (3): 299–334. 
  2. Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3693297 entry