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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)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) powelli Climo, 1971
Images: Phrixgnathus powelli (Climo, 1971)
Holotype, collected Jan 1964, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (M.023250). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jan 1964, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (M.023250). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected Jan 1964, Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (M.023250). 2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.023250). 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.023250). 2.1mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected Oct 2010, Hen Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.023250). 2.1mm. 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)
> powelli (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) powelli Climo, 1971
Details: Phrixgnathus powelli (Climo, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Northland offshore Islands, Poor Knights & Hen & Chicken Islands
Type Data:
  • Poor Knights 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.331)
  • Climo, F.M. 1971 Additions to the land snail fauna of the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand., Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(1) (p.68) 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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