Melloconcha

Genus of land snails

Melloconcha
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Annacharis Iredale, 1944
  • Tribocystis Iredale, 1944

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]

Species

  • 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

  1. ^ Iredale, Tom (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist. 10 (3): 299–334.
  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.
  • MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Melloconcha Iredale, 1944". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-03. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Taxon identifiers
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