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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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> alfredi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) alfredi Suter, 1909
Images: Phrixgnathus alfredi (Suter, 1909)
Holotype, collected Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ (M.083444). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ (M.083444). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ (M.083444). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> alfredi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) alfredi Suter, 1909
Details: Phrixgnathus alfredi (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 1.6mm
Distribution:
North Island. Auckland
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.326)
  • Suter, H. 1909 Description of new species and subspecies of New Zealand Mollusca, with notes on a few species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.262) 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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