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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)
> marina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta marina Hutton, 1883
Images: Laoma marina (Hutton, 1883)
Collected Jan 1977, Kaimai Range, E of Te Poi, Waikato, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1977, Kaimai Range, E of Te Poi, Waikato, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1977, Kaimai Range, E of Te Poi, Waikato, NZ. 2.9mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2018, Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2018, Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ. 1.8mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected May 2018, Mt. Pirongia, Waikato, NZ. 1.8mm. 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)
> Laoma (Genus)
> marina (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulimus (Laoma) Gray, 1850
Synonymised Names:
=Endodonta marina Hutton, 1883
Details: Laoma marina (Hutton, 1883)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.5mm, Height 2.3mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Remuera, Auckland, NZ, (lectotype)
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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1883 Notes on some New Zealand land shells, New Zealand Journal of Science, 1(10) (p.476) 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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