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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)
> pirongiaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma pirongiaensis Suter, 1894
Images: Phrixgnathus pirongiaensis (Suter, 1894)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ (M.083464). 2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 2006, Motutara Scenic Reserve, King Country, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Aug 2007, Mangakahia Stream, west of Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ. 1.9mm. 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)
> pirongiaensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma pirongiaensis Suter, 1894
Details: Phrixgnathus pirongiaensis (Suter, 1894)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2mm, Height 1.9mm
Distribution:
North Island. Mt Pirongia, Waikato
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.324)
  • Suter, H. 1894 Additions and emendations to the reference list of the land and fresh-water Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8 (p.491) 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