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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)
> phrynia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) phrynia (Hutton, 1883)
=Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941
Images: Phrixgnathus phrynia Hutton, 1883
Holotype of Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941, collected Pirinoa, south of Lake Wairarapa, NZ (MA70621). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941, collected Pirinoa, south of Lake Wairarapa, NZ (MA70621). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941, collected Pirinoa, south of Lake Wairarapa, NZ (MA70621). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Wainuiomata, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Wainuiomata, NZ. 2.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Wainuiomata, NZ. 2.6mm. 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)
> phrynia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) phrynia (Hutton, 1883)
=Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941
Details: Phrixgnathus phrynia Hutton, 1883
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.4mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands
Type Data:
  • Pirinoa, S of Lake Wairarapa, NZ, (holotype of Phrixgnathus oconnori Powell, 1941)
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.329)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.476) 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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