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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)
> Obanella (Genus)
> allanae (Species)
Images: Obanella allanae Dell, 1952
Holotype, collected 1 Nov 1948, Raroa Reserve, Thule, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005536). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 1 Nov 1948, Raroa Reserve, Thule, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005536). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 1 Nov 1948, Raroa Reserve, Thule, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ (M.005536). 1.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.6mm. 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)
> Obanella (Genus)
> allanae (Species)
Details: Obanella allanae Dell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 0.7mm
Distribution:
South Island and Stewart Island
Type Data:
  • Raroa Reserve, Thule, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, 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.333)
  • Dell, R.K. 1952 New species and genera of New Zealand land snails with a revision of the genus Cavellia, Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1(9) (p.89) 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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