Biology:Melloconcha
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Short description: Genus of land snails
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Euconulidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcystinae |
| Tribe: | Liardetiini |
| Genus: | Melloconcha Iredale, 1944[1] |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
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Melloconcha is a genus of six species of tiny glass-snails that are endemic to Australia 's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Species
- Melloconcha delecta Iredale, 1944 – tiny amber glass-snail
- Melloconcha flavescens (Iredale, 1944) – tiny yellow glass-snail
- Melloconcha grata Iredale, 1944 – angulate glass-snail
- Melloconcha miranda (Iredale, 1944) – Miranda's glass-snail
- Melloconcha prensa Iredale, 1944 – flattened glass-snail
- Melloconcha rosacea (Iredale, 1944) – tiny rosy glass-snail
References
- ↑ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist 10 (3): 299–334.
- ↑ 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.
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Melloconcha Iredale, 1944". Flanders Marine Institute. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818372.
Wikidata ☰ Q3695724 entry
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