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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)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus rakiura Dell, 1954
Holotype, collected Jun 1950, Native Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005707). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jun 1950, Native Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005707). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jun 1950, Native Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005707). 2.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Oct 1988, Gilbert Island, Fiordland, NZ (M.005707). 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 1988, Gilbert Island, Fiordland, NZ (M.005707). 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 1988, Gilbert Island, Fiordland, NZ (M.005707). 2.0mm. 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)
> rakiura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus rakiura Dell, 1954
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.3mm, Height 1.2mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island and Fiordland
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1954 The land Mollusca of Stewart and Solander Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82(1) (p.149) 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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