Genus Allenella Iredale, 1944

Museums

Regional Maps

• Allenella Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944] [311].

  Type species:

   Allenella formalis Iredale, 1944 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Allenella is confined to Lord Howe Island and is readily distinguished from Semilaoma by the strongly cancellate sculpture and brownish coloured shell.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Shell very small to small, depressedly to globosely turbinate with moderately raised spire, whorls angulate to rounded; protoconch with strong spiral lirae, teleoconch sculpture of crowded radial ribs or growth lines and fairly prominent raised spiral lines; umbilicus narrow U-shaped. Colour dark resinous brown to pale fawn.

 

Diagnosis References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [184]

 

General References

Iredale, T. 1944. The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334 [10 May 1944]

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2010. Australian Land Snails. A field guide to eastern Australian species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 1 595 pp. [184]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Feb-2014	PUNCTOIDEA	06-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)