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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)
> cheesemani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Images: Phrixgnathus cheesemani Suter, 1894
Syntype, collected Waitakere, W of Auckland, NZ (M.088022). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Waitakere, W of Auckland, NZ (M.088022). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Waitakere, W of Auckland, NZ (M.088022). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay Road, Far North, NZ. 4.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay Road, Far North, NZ. 4.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jan 1975, Tapotupotu Bay Road, Far North, NZ. 4.6mm. 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)
> cheesemani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Details: Phrixgnathus cheesemani Suter, 1894
Size/Grows to:
Width 4.6mm, Height 3mm
Distribution:
North Island
Type Data:
  • Waitakere Range, Auckland, NZ, (syntype)
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. 1894 Further contributions to the knowledge of the molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of eight new species, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 26 (p.137) 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