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Howearion

Howearion is a genus of two species of helicarionid semislugs that are endemic to Australia’s Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

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Jun 17, 2026

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114 w

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Howearion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Helicarionoidea
Family:	Helicarionidae
Genus:	Howearion Iredale, 1944¹

Howearion is a genus of two species of helicarionid semislugs that are endemic to Australia’s Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.²

Species

Howearion belli Iredale, 1944 – beautiful semislug
Howearion hilli (Cox, 1873) – Lord Howe semislug

References

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). "Howearion Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-07-27. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)