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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)
> poecilosticta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907
Images: Phrixgnathus poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907, collected Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ (M.088162). 2.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Awhitu Bush, Auckland, NZ. 3.2mm. 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)
> poecilosticta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
=Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907
Details: Phrixgnathus poecilosticta (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
Size/Grows to:
Width 4mm, Height 3.3mm
Distribution:
North Island. Hokianga to Wellington
Type Data:
  • Kaihu Forest, NW of Dargaville, NZ, (holotype of Laoma poecilosticta conicula Suter, 1907)
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.325)

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