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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)
> douglasi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Phrixgnathus francesci Webster, 1904
Images: Phrixgnathus douglasi Climo & Goulstone, 1993
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 1.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 1.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 1.1mm. 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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> douglasi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Phrixgnathus francesci Webster, 1904
Details: Phrixgnathus douglasi Climo & Goulstone, 1993
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Te Kao down to South Auckland
Geographical Range:
L.N.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M., Goulstone, J.F. 1993 Descriptions and redescriptions of landsnails (Mollusca: Punctidae) in the genera Phrixgnathus and Taguahelix, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 30 (p.39)

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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