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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)
> sciadium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix sciadium L. Pfeiffer, 1857
Images: Phrixgnathus sciadium (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Collected Jan 1976, behind Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1976, behind Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1976, behind Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. 5.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2015, Waimatenui, Dargaville, Northland, NZ. 5.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2015, Waimatenui, Dargaville, Northland, NZ. 5.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Sep 2015, Waimatenui, Dargaville, Northland, NZ. 5.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Photographed Nov 1991, near Dargaville, Northland, NZ
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)
> sciadium (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix sciadium L. Pfeiffer, 1857
Details: Phrixgnathus sciadium (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.1mm, Height 3.3mm
Distribution:
Northland
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.325)
  • Pfeiffer, L. 1857 Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 25 (p.108) 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
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