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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)
> Laomarex (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix regia Gardner, 1968
Images: Laomarex regia (Gardner, 1968)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71317). © 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)
> Laomarex (Genus)
> regia (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Thalassohelix regia Gardner, 1968
Details: Laomarex regia (Gardner, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.5mm, Height 2.2mm
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.332)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1968 Four new species of Land Snails from New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 10(17) (p.160) 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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