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Allenella

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. The genus was first described in 1944 by Tom Iredale.

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Allenella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Allenella
Iredale, 19441
Location of Lord Howe Island
Synonyms
  • Allentula Iredale, 1958

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.13

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References

  1. Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  2. 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.
  3. "Genus Allenella Iredale, 1944". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2022-05-12.