Laoma ordishi
| Laoma ordishi | |
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| Living Laoma ordishi seen in Titirangi, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Punctidae |
| Subfamily: | Laominae |
| Genus: | Laoma |
| Species: | L. ordishi
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| Binomial name | |
| Laoma ordishi Climo, 2019
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Laoma ordishi is a species of land snail belonging to the family Punctidae.[1] First described in 2019, the species is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
L. ordishi has a small trochiform shell with 5.5 whorls. The shell is thin, transparent, and streaked with brown bands. The species has an impressed, strongly margined suture and a conic spire. The protoconch has 1.5–1.75 whorls, and is sculptured with up to 16 spiral lirae, and axial ridges that are oblique, irregular and weak. The shell of the species measures approximately 2.45 mm (0.096 in) wide and 2.1 mm (0.083 in) in height.[2] It can be distinguished from other members of Laoma due to having a smaller shell size, and due to having a different protoconch sculpture.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was described by Frank Climo in 2019, who named the species after Te Papa entomologist Ron Garth Ordish, who collected the earliest known specimen of the species from Great Barrier Island in 1964.[2] The holotype is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and was collected by D. J. Roscoe in 2010 from Taranga Island / Hen Island.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
L. ordishi is endemic to New Zealand, occurring between Northland, South Waikato, East Cape, on Taranga Island / Hen Island, and on Great Barrier Island.[2][5]
Gallery
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Shell of L. ordishi
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Lateral view of L. ordishi
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L. ordishi on a leaf
References
- ^ Laoma ordishi Climo, 2019. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d Climo, Frank; Mahlfeld, Karin; Payton, Ian; Roscoe, David (2019). "Description of Laoma ordishi new species (Eupulmonata: Punctidae) and reinstatement of Laoma nerissa (Hutton, 1883)". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 54: 63–80. doi:10.32912/RAM.2019.54.4. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 26850637. Wikidata Q104814755.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN 1176-3213. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.
- ^ "Laoma ordishi". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ "Laoma ordishi". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 6 November 2025.