Charopinesta
| Charopinesta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Charopinesta Iredale, 1944[1] |
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| 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
[edit]- Charopinesta goweri Iredale, 1944 – Mount Gower pinhead snail
- Charopinesta sema Iredale, 1944 – Blackburn Island pinhead snail
- Charopinesta suavis Iredale, 1944 – sweet pinhead snail
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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