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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUNCTIDAE: LAOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Punctidae (Family)
> Laominae (Subfamily)
> Laoma (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Helix conella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix umbraculum L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Nanina mariae Gray, 1843
Images: Laoma mariae (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PUNCTIDAE: LAOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Punctidae (Family)
> Laominae (Subfamily)
> Laoma (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Helix conella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix umbraculum L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Nanina mariae Gray, 1843
Details: Laoma mariae (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 4.5mm
Distribution:
North Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.325)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.262) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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