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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)
> Paralaoma (Genus)
> raricostata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Patula raricostata Suter, 1890
Images: Paralaoma raricostata (Suter, 1890)
Collected Dec 1975, Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Dec 1975, Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected Dec 1975, Eketahuna, Manawatu, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Syntype of Patula raricostata Suter, 1890, collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (M.083487). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula raricostata Suter, 1890, collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (M.083487). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Patula raricostata Suter, 1890, collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (M.083487). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73054). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73054). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Mauriceville, N of Masterton, NZ (MA73054). © 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)
> Paralaoma (Genus)
> raricostata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Patula raricostata Suter, 1890
Details: Paralaoma raricostata (Suter, 1890)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2mm, Height 1mm
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.333)
  • Suter, H. 1890 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand land and fresh-water shells., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 22 (p.226) 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