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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)
> Paralaoma (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Images: Paralaoma manawatawhia Goulstone & Brook, 1999
Holotype, collected 7 Dec 1996, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.140700). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 7 Dec 1996, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.140700). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 7 Dec 1996, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.140700). 1.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> Paralaoma (Genus)
> manawatawhia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Fectola (Subfectola) Powell, 1939
=Pleuropunctum Germain, 1928
=Punctum (Toltecia) Pilsbry, 1926
=Subfectola Powell, 1939
=Toltecia Pilsbry, 1926
Details: Paralaoma manawatawhia Goulstone & Brook, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.2mm, Height 0.8mm
Distribution:
Endemic to Great Island, Three Kings Islands
Geographical Range:
L.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Brook, F.J. 1999 Description of five species of terrestrial molluscs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Punctidae, Charopidae, Rhytididae) discovered in the Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 29 (p.25) 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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