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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)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus murdochi Suter, 1894
Holotype, collected Rawene, Hokianga Harbour, NZ (M.088067). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Rawene, Hokianga Harbour, NZ (M.088067). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Rawene, Hokianga Harbour, NZ (M.088067). © 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)
> murdochi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus murdochi Suter, 1894
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.5mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Hokianga
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. 1894 Further contributions to the knowledge of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 26 (p.136) 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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