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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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> conella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus conella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Collected May 2005, Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Northland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Northland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Mitimiti, south of Kaitaia, Northland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1981, Marakopa, south of Kawhia, Waikato, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1981, Marakopa, south of Kawhia, Waikato, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1981, Marakopa, south of Kawhia, Waikato, NZ. 2.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave 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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> conella (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus conella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.8mm
Distribution:
North Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.327)
  • Pfeiffer, L. 1861 Diagnosen einiger Landschnecken von Neuseeland, Malakozoologische Blätter, 8 (p.147) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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