Pseudocharopa

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

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

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

  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.

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