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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)
> Obanella (Genus)
> spectabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928
Images: Obanella spectabilis (Powell, 1928)
Holotype of Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928, collected Nelson, NZ (MA70254). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928, collected Nelson, NZ (MA70254). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928, collected Nelson, NZ (MA70254). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
E of Featherson, Tararua Range, Manawatu, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
E of Featherson, Tararua Range, Manawatu, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
E of Featherson, Tararua Range, Manawatu, NZ. 1.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Nov 2008, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Nov 2008, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Nov 2008, Wainuiomata, Wellington, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> Obanella (Genus)
> spectabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928
Details: Obanella spectabilis (Powell, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 0.7mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1928 Descriptions of five new Land-Shells from New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 59 (p.366) 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