Goweriana is a monotypic genus of pinhead or dot snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Goweriana Shea & Griffiths, 2010 |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Species edit
- Goweriana berniceae Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – Bernice's pinhead snail
Description edit
The shells of this very rare species are fragile and broken easily, making it difficult ti find entire adult shells to measure. The globose shell of a subadult had a diameter of 3.5 mm, with a flat spire, and was transparent golden-brown in colour. The sutures are impressed and the whorls rounded, with moderately spaced, bladed radial ribs. The aperture is roundly lunate with a closed umbilicus. The animal is unknown.[1]
Distribution and habitat edit
The main area of occurrence of the snail is on the upper slopes of Mount Gower, living in rain forest plant litter.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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). "Goweriana Shea & Griffiths, 2010". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
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