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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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> mariae aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma aupouria Cumber, 1967
Images: Laoma mariae aupouria Cumber, 1967
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © 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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> mariae aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma aupouria Cumber, 1967
Details: Laoma mariae aupouria Cumber, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Cape Maria van Diemen to North Cape
Geographical Range:
L.N.
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.19)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.325)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1967 A new species of Laoma (Phrixgnathus) (Gastropoda: Laomidae) from the North Cape-Cape Reinga area, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 9(15) (p.187) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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