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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)
> Taguahelix (Genus)
> francesci (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
=Phrixgnathus (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) francesci Webster, 1904
='Paralaoma' n.sp.aff. 33
=Punctid n.sp. 7
Images: Taguahelix francesci (Webster, 1904)
Holotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, NZ (MA70385). 2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, NZ (MA70385). 2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Waiuku, Manukau Harbour, NZ (MA70385). 2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2005, Taheke Scenic Reserve, NE of Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 1.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2006, Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 1.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2006, Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 1.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Feb 2006, Waikaremoana, Central Plateau, NZ. 1.5mm. 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)
> Taguahelix (Genus)
> francesci (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
=Phrixgnathus (Taguahelix) Powell, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) francesci Webster, 1904
='Paralaoma' n.sp.aff. 33
=Punctid n.sp. 7
Details: Taguahelix francesci (Webster, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.0mm, Height 1.75mm
Distribution:
North Island. Northland to Bay of Plenty and King Country
Geographical Range:
L.N.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M., Goulstone, J.F. 1993 Descriptions and redescriptions of landsnails (Mollusca: Punctidae) in the genera Phrixgnathus and Taguahelix, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 30 (p.35)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.327)
  • Webster, W.H. 1904 New Mollusca from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 6 (p.106) 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