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Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Amphithalamus (Genus)
> falsestea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphitalamus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Amphithalamus (Amphithalamus) Carpenter, 1864
=Amphithalamus (Notoscrobs) Powell, 1927
=Amphithalimus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Amphithalmus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Microfossa Laseron, 1950
=Notoscrobs Powell, 1927
=Notoscrobs (Microfossa) Laseron, 1950
=Obescrobs Iredale, 1955
=Rissoa (Amphithalamus) Carpenter, 1864
Synonymised Names:
=Notoscrobs (Microfossa) falsestea Ponder, 1968
Images: Amphithalamus falsestea (Ponder, 1968)
Holotype of Notoscrobs (Microfossa) falsestea, collected 1963, Goat Island Bay, Leigh, NZ (M.021744). ~2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Amphithalamus (Genus)
> falsestea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amphitalamus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Amphithalamus (Amphithalamus) Carpenter, 1864
=Amphithalamus (Notoscrobs) Powell, 1927
=Amphithalimus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Amphithalmus Carpenter, 1864 (misspelling)
=Microfossa Laseron, 1950
=Notoscrobs Powell, 1927
=Notoscrobs (Microfossa) Laseron, 1950
=Obescrobs Iredale, 1955
=Rissoa (Amphithalamus) Carpenter, 1864
Synonymised Names:
=Notoscrobs (Microfossa) falsestea Ponder, 1968
Details: Amphithalamus falsestea (Ponder, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.15mm, Width 1.06mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North Island, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula, from 0-622m
Type Data:
  • Goat Island, Leigh, NE of Warkworth, NZ, (holotype of Notoscrobs (Microfossa) falsestea Ponder, 1968)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Under stones near low tide
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.104)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1968 Notes on New Zealand prosobranchs with descriptions of new species and subspecies, Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(9) (p.119) 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