Pernastela

Pernastela
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Pernastela Iredale, 1944^[1]

Location of Lord Howe Island

Pernastela 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

Pernastela charon Iredale, 1944 – lowland forest pinhead snail
Pernastela gnoma Iredale, 1944 – dwarf pinhead snail
Pernastela howensis Iredale, 1944 – Lord Howe 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). "Pernastela Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-15. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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