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Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Sabia (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amalthea Schumacher, 1817
=Hipponix Defrance, 1819
Synonymised Names:
=Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Patella australis Lamarck, 1819
Images: Sabia australis (Lamarck, 1819)
Off Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HIPPONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Hipponicidae (Family)
> Sabia (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amalthea Schumacher, 1817
=Hipponix Defrance, 1819
Synonymised Names:
=Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819)
=Patella australis Lamarck, 1819
Details: Sabia australis (Lamarck, 1819)
Size/Grows to:
Length 16mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
Northland to Mercury Islands. On dead gastropod shells
Type Data:
  • Tutukaka Harbour, NE of Whangarei, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.145)
  • Gardner, N.W. Oct/1974 On the occurrence of a species of Hipponyx form northern New Zealand, Poirieria, 7(5) (p.92)
  • Mar/1968 Sabia wyattae, Poirieria, 4(3)

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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