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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
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land
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References and Publications

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