Charopinesta Explained

Charopinesta 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.^[1]

Species

• Charopinesta goweri Iredale, 1944 – Mount Gower pinhead snail
• Charopinesta sema Iredale, 1944 – Blackburn Island pinhead snail
• Charopinesta suavis Iredale, 1944 – sweet pinhead snail

References

• Web site: Charopinesta Iredale, 1944 . MolluscaBase eds . 2021 . MolluscaBase . Flanders Marine Institute . 2021-08-07.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hyman . Isabel . Köhler . Frank . 2020 . A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island . Sydney . Australian Museum . 978-0-9750476-8-2.