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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)
> pirongiaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma pirongiaensis Suter, 1894
Images: Phrixgnathus pirongiaensis (Suter, 1894)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. 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)
> pirongiaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma pirongiaensis Suter, 1894
Details: Phrixgnathus pirongiaensis (Suter, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
North Island. Mt Pirongia, Waikato
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Solem, A., Climo, F.M., Roscoe, D.J. 1981 Sympatric species diversity of New Zealand land snails, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.479)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.324)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Additions and emendations to the reference list of the land and fresh-water Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8 (p.491) 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