Bulimus ? (Laoma) leimonias Gray, 1850

Pl. 8, fig. C

Gray, 1850. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (1849): 167.

Type material: Holotype, by monotypy, NHMUK 1849.12.3.79 (dry shell material).

Label details: ‘N.Z. Major Greenwood’.

Type locality: ‘Auckland’ (Gray 1850: 167).

Remarks: The original description of this species, which was reproduced by Gray (1851: 67), was based on a single specimen collected at Auckland c. 1847–1849 and sent to the British Museum by Major Joseph Greenwood (Gray 1850: 167). The holotype is illustrated here for the first time (pl. 8, fig. C). Bulimus ? ( Laoma) leimonia s Gray, 1850 is the type species of Laoma Gray, 1850, by monotypy.

Current Taxonomy: Listed as Laoma leimonias (Gray, 1850) by Hutton (1880: 21), Hedley & Suter (1893: 646), Suter (1894d: 274, 1913b: 735), Powell (1979: 324) and Spencer et al. (2009: 217).

Distribution: New Zealand; northern North Island (Suter 1913b; Powell 1979).