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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)
> levis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia levis Suter, 1913
Images: Phrixgnathus levis (Suter, 1913)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Syntype, collected Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ (M.088135). 3.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Jul 1966, Turakina, Wanganui, NZ. 3.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected Pipiriki, north of Wanganui, Taranaki, NZ (MA73065). © 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)
> levis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) celia levis Suter, 1913
Details: Phrixgnathus levis (Suter, 1913)
Distribution:
North Island. Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, to Port Waikato
Type Data:
  • Pipiriki, N of Wanganui, NZ, (syntype)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic, Under moist broadleaf litter, often associated with limestone ledges
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References and Publications
  • Solem, A., Climo, F.M., Roscoe, D.J. 1981 Sympatric species diversity of New Zealand land snails, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.479)
  • Suter, H. 1913 Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, John MacKay, Government Printer, Wellington (p.1077) 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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