Goweriana
Genus of land snails
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Goweriana is a monotypic genus of pinhead or dot snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1]
| Goweriana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Genus: | Goweriana Shea & Griffiths, 2010 |
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| Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Species
- Goweriana berniceae Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – Bernice's pinhead snail
Description
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
The main area of occurrence of the snail is on the upper slopes of Mount Gower, living in rain forest plant litter.[1]