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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
Type Data:
  • Nelson, NZ, (holotype of Egestula spectabilis Powell, 1928)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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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

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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