Biology:Semilaoma

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Short description: Genus of land snails

Semilaoma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Semilaoma
Iredale, 1944[1]
Location of Lord Howe Island

Semilaoma is a genus of three pinhead or dot snail species that are endemic to Australia 's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]

Species

  • Semilaoma costata Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – coarse-ribbed pinhead snail
  • Semilaoma laevis Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – smooth pinhead snail
  • Semilaoma lidgbirdensis (Iredale, 1944) – Mount Lidgbird pinhead 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 ☰ Q3693415 entry