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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)
> spiralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) spiralis Suter, 1896
Images: Phrixgnathus spiralis (Suter, 1896)
Syntype of Laoma (Phrixgnathus) spiralis Suter, 1896, collected Kenepuru, N of Picton, NZ (M.083460). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Laoma (Phrixgnathus) spiralis Suter, 1896, collected Kenepuru, N of Picton, NZ (M.083460). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype of Laoma (Phrixgnathus) spiralis Suter, 1896, collected Kenepuru, N of Picton, NZ (M.083460). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Apr 2016, Mount Stokes, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2016, Mount Stokes, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Apr 2016, Mount Stokes, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 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)
> spiralis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) spiralis Suter, 1896
Details: Phrixgnathus spiralis (Suter, 1896)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.3mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
South Island. Pelorus Sound
Geographical Range:
L.S.E.
Notes:
Land, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.330)
  • Suter, H. 1896 Descriptions of some new land Mollusca from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 2 (p.36) 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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