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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 aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma aupouria Cumber, 1967
Images: Laoma mariae aupouria Cumber, 1967
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1957, Mt Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ (MA71308). 6mm. © 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)
> mariae aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma aupouria Cumber, 1967
Details: Laoma mariae aupouria Cumber, 1967
Size/Grows to:
Width 6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Cape Maria van Diemen to North Cape
Type Data:
  • Mount Unuwhao, E of Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Goulstone, J.F., Mayhill, P.C., Parrish, G.R. 1993 An Illustrated Guide to the Land Mollusca of the Te Paki ecological region, Northland, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34 (p.19)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.325)
  • Cumber, R.A. 1967 A new species of Laoma (Phrixgnathus) (Gastropoda: Laomidae) from the North Cape-Cape Reinga area, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 9(15) (p.187) 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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