Goweriana

Goweriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Goweriana; Shea & Griffiths, 2010
	Location of Lord Howe Island

Goweriana is a monotypic genus of pinhead or dot snails that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.^[1]

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]

References[]

^ ^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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[h&k-1] 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.

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