Biology:Charopinesta

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Short description: Genus of land snails

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

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

Species

  • Charopinesta goweri Iredale, 1944Mount Gower pinhead snail
  • Charopinesta sema Iredale, 1944Blackburn Island pinhead snail
  • Charopinesta suavis Iredale, 1944sweet 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 ☰ Q3691782 entry