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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)
> levis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia levis Suter, 1913
Images: Phrixgnathus levis (Suter, 1913)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © 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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> levis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia levis Suter, 1913
Details: Phrixgnathus levis (Suter, 1913)
Distribution:
North Island. Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, to Port Waikato
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Under moist broadleaf litter, often associated with limestone ledges
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Solem, A., Climo, F.M., Roscoe, D.J. 1981 Sympatric species diversity of New Zealand land snails, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.479)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.1077) 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