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Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Anabathron (Genus)
> excelsum (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:
=Anabathron (Scrobs) excelsum (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Scrobs excelsus Powell, 1933
Images: Anabathron excelsum (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected in 22 metres, off Awanui Heads, Northland, NZ (MA70703). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANABATHRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Truncatelloidea (Superfamily)
> Anabathridae (Family)
> Anabathron (Genus)
> excelsum (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:
=Anabathron (Scrobs) excelsum (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Scrobs excelsus Powell, 1933
Details: Anabathron excelsum (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.52mm, Width 0.76mm
Distribution:
Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.105)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 On five new species of recent New Zealand Mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.196) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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