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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)
> viridulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) viridula Suter, 1909
Images: Phrixgnathus viridulus (Suter, 1909)
Syntype, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.088280). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.088280). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Capleston, NE of Reefton, Northern Westland, NZ (M.088280). 2.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Apr 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 1.8mm. 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)
> viridulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) viridula Suter, 1909
Details: Phrixgnathus viridulus (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.4mm, Height 1.8mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.330)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.263) 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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