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.
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]
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]
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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Synonyms | |
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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.
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]
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]