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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)
> transitans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus transitans Suter, 1892
Syntype, collected Parua Bay, Whangarei Harbour, NZ (M.088164). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Parua Bay, Whangarei Harbour, NZ (M.088164). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Parua Bay, Whangarei Harbour, NZ (M.088164). 2.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 2.7mm. 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)
> transitans (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus transitans Suter, 1892
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
North Island. Northland to Thames
Type Data:
  • Parua Bay, Whangarei Harbour, NZ, (syntype)
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.330)
  • Suter, H. 1892 On the dentition of some New Zealand land and fresh-water Mollusca, with descriptions of new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 24 (p.297) 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