''Charopinesta'' is a
genus of three species of tiny pinhead or dot snails that are
endemic to
Australia
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's
Lord Howe Island in the
Tasman Sea.
Species
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Charopinesta goweri
''Charopinesta goweri'', also known as the Mount Gower pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly turbinate to discoidal shell of the mature snai ...
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Iredale, 1944 – Mount Gower pinhead snail
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Charopinesta sema
''Charopinesta sema'', also known as the Blackburn Island pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island group in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly turbinate to discoidal shell of the ma ...
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Iredale, 1944 – Blackburn Island pinhead snail
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Charopinesta suavis
''Charopinesta suavis'', also known as the sweet pinhead snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly turbinate shell of the mature snail is 1.4 mm in ...
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Iredale, 1944 – sweet pinhead snail
References
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Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
Gastropods described in 1944
Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
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