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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)
> waipoua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) waipoua Gardner, 1969
Images: Phrixgnathus waipoua (Gardner, 1969)
Holotype, collected Jan 1955, Waipoua Forest, Northland, NZ (MA71323). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1955, Waipoua Forest, Northland, NZ (MA71323). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1955, Waipoua Forest, Northland, NZ (MA71323). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©openlabnz (D.J.Roscoe)
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Collected 2 Oct 2015, Waima Forest, Northland, NZ. 1.6mm. 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)
> waipoua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) Hutton, 1882
Synonymised Names:
=Laoma (Phrixgnathus) waipoua Gardner, 1969
Details: Phrixgnathus waipoua (Gardner, 1969)
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.5mm, Height 2mm
Distribution:
North Island. Waipoua Forest, Northland
Type Data:
  • Waipoua Forest, NW of Dargaville, 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.330)
  • Gardner, N.W. 1969 Two new species of land snails from Northland, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 11 (p.199) 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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