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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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus blacki Powell, 1951
Holotype, collected Oct 1948, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71171). 1.9mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Oct 1948, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71171). 1.9mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Oct 1948, Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA71171). 1.9mm. © 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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus blacki Powell, 1951
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.8mm, Height 1.9mm
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.326)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1951 Land Mollusca from Four Islands of the Three Kings Group: With Descriptions of Three New Species, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(2) (p.133) 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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