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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 and Chatham Islands. Common on under sides of clean smooth stones at low tide, down to moderate depths
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

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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