Allenella

Allenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Punctidae
Genus:	Allenella Iredale, 1944[1]
Location of Lord Howe Island
Synonyms
Allentula Iredale, 1958

Allenella is a genus of three species of tiny pinhead or dot snails that are endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[2] The genus was first described in 1944 by Tom Iredale.[1][3]

Species

• Allenella belli Iredale, 1944 – beautiful pinhead snail
• Allenella formalis Iredale, 1944 – brown turban pinhead snail
• Allenella planorum Iredale, 1944 – angular pinhead snail

References

1. Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
2. 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.
3. "Genus Allenella Iredale, 1944". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2022-05-12.

• "Allenella Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-07.