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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)
> Laomarex (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix regia Gardner, 1968
Images: Laomarex regia (Gardner, 1968)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © 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)
> Laomarex (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix regia Gardner, 1968
Details: Laomarex regia (Gardner, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
L.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.332)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1968 Four new species of Land Snails from New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(17) (p.160) 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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