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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)
> glabriusculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix glabriuscula L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix glabriuscula Reeve, 1852
=Phrixgnathus glabriusculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Images: Phrixgnathus glabriusculus (Reeve, 1852)
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 2008, Fanal Island, Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 2008, Fanal Island, Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 2008, Fanal Island, Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 2.2mm. 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)
> glabriusculus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix glabriuscula L. Pfeiffer, 1853
=Helix glabriuscula Reeve, 1852
=Phrixgnathus glabriusculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Details: Phrixgnathus glabriusculus (Reeve, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.18)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.328)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1852 Monograph of the genus Helix, Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 7 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