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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)
> thomsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) thomsoni Suter, 1917
=Laoma thomsoni Suter, 1917
Images: Paralaoma thomsoni (Suter, 1917)
Collected 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 1990, Breaksea Island, Fiordland, NZ. 2.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave 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)
> Paralaoma (Genus)
> thomsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) thomsoni Suter, 1917
=Laoma thomsoni Suter, 1917
Details: Paralaoma thomsoni (Suter, 1917)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.9mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
South Island
Geographical Range:
L.S.Fo.E.
Notes:
Land, Fossil, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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