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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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> labyrinthica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Images: Laoma labyrinthica Powell, 1948
Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
South West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
South West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
South West Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. 2.3mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Holotype, collected Dec 1945, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Dec 1945, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Dec 1945, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> labyrinthica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Details: Laoma labyrinthica Powell, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.4mm, Height 1.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands
Type Data:
  • Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.325)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1948 Land Mollusca of the Three Kings Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (p.277) 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
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