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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)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Helix conella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix umbraculum L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Nanina mariae Gray, 1843
=Phrixgnathus conella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Images: Laoma mariae (Gray, 1843)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Namunamu Lake, Turakina Valley, Himatangi, Manawatu, NZ. 4.7mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whareorino Range, W of Te Kuiti, King Country, NZ. 4.5mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Whiriwhiri Bush, Awhitu, Auckland, NZ. 5.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> mariae (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Helix conella L. Pfeiffer, 1861
=Helix umbraculum L. Pfeiffer, 1854
=Nanina mariae Gray, 1843
=Phrixgnathus conella (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Details: Laoma mariae (Gray, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8mm, Height 4.5mm
Distribution:
North Island
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)
  • Gray, J.E. 1843 Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species, Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, 2 (p.262) 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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