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Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Anabathron (Genus)
> hedleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anabathron (Scrobs) R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nannoscrobs Finlay, 1926
=Scrobs R.B. Watson, 1886
=Scrobs (Nannoscrobs) Finlay, 1926
=Ultiscrobs Iredale, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Amphithalamus hedleyi Suter, 1908
=Anabathron (Scrobs) hedleyi (Suter, 1908) accepted, alternate representation
=Scrobs hedleyi (Suter, 1908)
Images: Anabathron hedleyi (Suter, 1908)
Plimmerton, Wellington, NZ. 1.3mm. Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Anabathron (Genus)
> hedleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anabathron (Scrobs) R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nannoscrobs Finlay, 1926
=Scrobs R.B. Watson, 1886
=Scrobs (Nannoscrobs) Finlay, 1926
=Ultiscrobs Iredale, 1955
Synonymised Names:
=Amphithalamus hedleyi Suter, 1908
=Anabathron (Scrobs) hedleyi (Suter, 1908) accepted, alternate representation
=Scrobs hedleyi (Suter, 1908)
Details: Anabathron hedleyi (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.7mm, Height 1.3mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-415m
Type Data:
  • Maloney Reef, off Browns Bay, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Common on under sides of clean smooth stones at low tide, down to moderate depths
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References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1983 Review of the genera of the Barleeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum, 35 (p.251)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.105)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.31) 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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