Allenella

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Allenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Allenella Iredale, 1944^[1]

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]

Species[]

Allenella belli Iredale, 1944 – beautiful pinhead snail
Allenella formalis Iredale, 1944 – brown turban pinhead snail
Allenella planorum Iredale, 1944 – angular pinhead snail

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). "Allenella Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-07. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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