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Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Amphithalamus (Genus)
> latisulcus (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) latisulcus Ponder, 1968
Images: Amphithalamus latisulcus (Ponder, 1968)
Holotype of Notoscrobs (Microfossa) latisulcus, collected 10 Apr 1910, Taylors Mistake, Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.021743). ~1.3mm. © 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)
> latisulcus (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) latisulcus Ponder, 1968
Details: Amphithalamus latisulcus (Ponder, 1968)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.34mm, Width 0.76mm
Distribution:
North Island, and South Island as far south as Dunedin, from 0-110m
Type Data:
  • Taylors Mistake (Te Onepoto), near Lyttelton, NZ, (holotype of Notoscrobs (Microfossa) latisulcus Ponder, 1968)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, On soft coralline, rock pools at 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.118) 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