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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)
> Taguahelix (Genus)
> elaiodes (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
=Phrixgnathus (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) elaiodes Webster, 1904
Images: Taguahelix elaiodes (Webster, 1904)
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Waterfall Gully, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 1.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Pataua North, E of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Lectotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ (MA70384). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lectotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ (MA70384). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lectotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ (MA70384). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> Taguahelix (Genus)
> elaiodes (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
=Phrixgnathus (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) elaiodes Webster, 1904
Details: Taguahelix elaiodes (Webster, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.0mm, Height 2.0mm
Distribution:
North Island. Northland down to Waikato region
Type Data:
  • Waiuku, WSW of Pukekohe, NZ, (lectotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M., Goulstone, J.F. 1993 Descriptions and redescriptions of landsnails (Mollusca: Punctidae) in the genera Phrixgnathus and Taguahelix, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 30 (p.28)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.327)
  • Webster, W.H. 1904 New Mollusca from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6 (p.106) 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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