Biology:Eatoniella fossa
| Eatoniella fossa | |
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| Holotype of Eatoniella fossa from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eatoniellidae |
| Genus: | Eatoniella |
| Species: | E. fossa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965
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Eatoniella fossa is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae.[1] It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Description
Eatoniella fossa has a solid, smooth shell, with a groove between the inner lip and the molluscs body whorl. The shells' colour varied between brownish-yellow to white, with an occasional dark band. The holotype of the species measured 1.9mm by 1.2mm.[2]
This species is easily distinguished by the channel between the aperture and the body whorl of the mollusc.[2]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype and five paratypes of the species were collected from reasonably deep water in the Whangaroa Harbour, Northland, to the west of Stephenson Island.[3] In addition to the east coast of the Northland Peninsula, Eatoniella fossa has been identified near Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands,[4] the Hen and Chicken Islands,[5] and the Bay of Plenty, as far east as Hicks Bay.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598439.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q58676802
- ↑ Blom, Wilma (2022). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 4: Gastropoda (Caenogastropoda - Neocyclotidae to Epitoniidae). [Cyclophoroidea, Cerithioidea, Littorinimorpha"]. Records of the Auckland Museum 56 (55): 39–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2020.55.7. ISSN 2422-8567. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/getmedia/3c274c3f-ff0c-4aa3-8467-bb5ae02261d6/ram_2020_blom. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1411178.
- ↑ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/425848.
- ↑ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1411779.
- ↑ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1412757.
Wikidata ☰ Q6783392 entry
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