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

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

Species

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Description

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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

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The main area of occurrence of the snail is on the upper slopes of Mount Gower, living in rain forest plant litter.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.