Jump to content

Pseudocharopa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pseudocharopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Charopidae
Subfamily: Charopinae
Genus: Pseudocharopa
Peile, 1929[1]
Synonyms
  • Ballena Iredale, 1944
  • Deceptrena Iredale, 1944
  • Howeinsulea Peile, 1929
  • Lidgbirdia Iredale, 1944

Pseudocharopa is a genus of three species of pinwheel snails that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [2]

Species

[edit]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudocharopa editor Iredale, 1944: synonym of Pseudocharopa whiteleggei (Brazier, 1889) (junior synonym)
  • Pseudocharopa gowerensis Iredale, 1944: synonym of Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi (Brazier, 1889) (junior synonym)
  • Pseudocharopa imperator Iredale, 1944: synonym of Pseudocharopa ledgbirdi (Brazier, 1889) (junior synonym)

Distribution and habitat

[edit]

The snails in this genus are rare. They are known only from the summits and upper slopes of Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower, in leaf litter or on exposed rocks.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Peile, AJ (1929). "Notes on some snails from Lord Howe Island with description of a new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 18 (6): 265–267. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063985.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudocharopa Peile, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818505 on 2021-07-20
  3. ^ 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.