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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)
> poecilosticta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907
Images: Phrixgnathus poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. 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)
> poecilosticta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907
Details: Phrixgnathus poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 3.3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Hokianga to Wellington
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.325)

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