Charopinesta goweri
Charopinesta goweri, also known as the Mount Gower pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
| Charopinesta goweri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Charopinesta |
| Species: | C. goweri |
| Binomial name | |
| Charopinesta goweri | |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Description
The depressedly turbinate to discoidal shell of the mature snail is 1.1 mm in height, with a diameter of 1.7 mm, and a low spire. It is golden amber in colour. The whorls are slightly rounded, with impressed sutures and fine, closely spaced radial ribs. It has a roundedly lunate aperture and moderately widely open umbilicus. The animal (in alcohol) is white with grey markings.[2]
Distribution and habitat
This rare snail has only been recorded from the summit of Mount Gower and the mid slopes of Mount Lidgbird, but is presumed to inhabit the mid to upper slopes of both of the southern mountains of the island. It lives on trees in rainforest.[2]
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). "Charopinesta goweri Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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