''Innesoconcha'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of four species of tiny glass-snails that are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Australia's
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland ...
in the
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea ( Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer ...
.
Species
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Innesoconcha aberrans
''Innesoconcha aberrans'', also known as the black face glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly trochoidal shell of the mature snail is 4.4–5.1& ...
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Iredale, 1944 – black face glass-snail
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Innesoconcha catletti
''Innesoconcha catletti'', also known as the Catlett's yellow glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly trochoidal shell of the mature snail is 4.3� ...
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(Brazier, 1872) – Catlett's yellow glass-snail
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Innesoconcha delecta''
(Iredale, 1944)
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Innesoconcha doppelganger''
Hyman & Köhler, 2022
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Innesoconcha flavescens''
(Iredale, 1944)
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Innesoconcha grata''
(Iredale, 1944)
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Innesoconcha miranda''
(Iredale, 1944)
* ''Innesoconcha prensa''
(Iredale, 1944)
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Innesoconcha princeps
''Innesoconcha princeps'', also known as the banded golden glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Description
The depressedly trochoidal shell of the mature snail is 5–5.6 ...
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Iredale, 1944 – banded golden glass-snail
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Innesoconcha rosacea''
(Iredale, 1944)
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Innesoconcha segna
''Innesoconcha segna'', also known as the pale glass-snail, is a species of land snail that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.
Taxonomy
''I. segna'' is sometimes considered to be a junior synonym of '' I. catletti' ...
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Iredale, 1944 – pale glass-snail
References
External links
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Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
Gastropods described in 1944
Gastropods of Lord Howe Island
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