Pernastela
Pernastela is a genus of three pinhead or dot snail species that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Pernastela | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Punctidae |
Genus: | Pernastela Iredale, 1944[1] |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Species
- Pernastela charon Iredale, 1944 – lowland forest pinhead snail
- Pernastela gnoma Iredale, 1944 – dwarf pinhead snail
- Pernastela howensis Iredale, 1944 – Lord Howe pinhead 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). "Pernastela Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
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