Semilaoma

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

Location of Lord Howe Island

Semilaoma is a genus of three pinhead or dot snail species that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.^[2]

Species[]

Semilaoma costata Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – coarse-ribbed pinhead snail
Semilaoma laevis Shea & Griffiths, 2010 – smooth pinhead snail
Semilaoma lidgbirdensis (Iredale, 1944) – Mount Lidgbird 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.

"Semilaoma Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-16.

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