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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)
> celia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix fatua sensu Hutton, 1882 not Pfeiffer, 1857
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia (Hutton, 1883)
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia alboviridis Suter, 1913
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) liratula Suter, 1909
=Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913
Images: Phrixgnathus celia Hutton, 1883
Collected Dec 2007, Naenae Loop Track, Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2007, Naenae Loop Track, Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Dec 2007, Naenae Loop Track, Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ. 3.0mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Holotype of Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913, collected Woodhaugh, Dunedin, NZ (M.125165). 3.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913, collected Woodhaugh, Dunedin, NZ (M.125165). 3.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913, collected Woodhaugh, Dunedin, NZ (M.125165). 3.4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mount Alfred, W of Wanaka, NZ (M.088225). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mount Alfred, W of Wanaka, NZ (M.088225). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mount Alfred, W of Wanaka, NZ (M.088225). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Mar 1976, Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 3.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Mar 1976, Native Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 3.6mm. 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)
> Phrixgnathus (Genus)
> celia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Helix fatua sensu Hutton, 1882 not Pfeiffer, 1857
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia (Hutton, 1883)
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia alboviridis Suter, 1913
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) liratula Suter, 1909
=Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913
Details: Phrixgnathus celia Hutton, 1883
Size/Grows to:
Width 3.8mm, Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Island
Type Data:
  • Woodhaugh, Dunedin, 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)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Descriptions of three new species of land shells from New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(6) (p.333)
  • 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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