Allenella
Appearance
Allenella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Punctidae |
Genus: | Allenella Iredale, 1944[1] |
Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Synonyms | |
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Allenella 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] The genus was first described in 1944 by Tom Iredale.[1][3]
Species
- Allenella belli Iredale, 1944 – beautiful pinhead snail
- Allenella formalis Iredale, 1944 – brown turban pinhead snail
- Allenella planorum Iredale, 1944 – angular pinhead snail
References
- ^ a b Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Allenella". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Allenella Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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