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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
Holotype, collected Okura River, North Shore, Auckland, NZ (MA71560). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Okura River, North Shore, Auckland, NZ (MA71560). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Okura River, North Shore, Auckland, NZ (MA71560). 1.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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
Notes:
Land, Native - 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) 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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