Melloconcha is a genus of six species of tiny glass-snails that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2]
Melloconcha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Euconulidae |
Subfamily: | Microcystinae |
Tribe: | Liardetiini |
Genus: | Melloconcha Iredale, 1944[1] |
Location of Lord Howe Island | |
Synonyms | |
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Species
edit- Melloconcha delecta Iredale, 1944 – tiny amber glass-snail
- Melloconcha flavescens (Iredale, 1944) – tiny yellow glass-snail
- Melloconcha grata Iredale, 1944 – angulate glass-snail
- Melloconcha miranda (Iredale, 1944) – Miranda's glass-snail
- Melloconcha prensa Iredale, 1944 – flattened glass-snail
- Melloconcha rosacea (Iredale, 1944) – tiny rosy glass-snail
References
edit- ^ 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). "Melloconcha Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
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