Eatoniella fuscosubucula
| Eatoniella fuscosubucula | |
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| Holotype of Eatoniella fuscosubucula 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. fuscosubucula
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| Binomial name | |
| Eatoniella fuscosubucula (Ponder, 1965)
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Eatoniella fuscosubucula 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
[edit]Eatoniella fuscosubucula has a small conical shell, with a large D-shaped aperture in the shell. The shells are white, with an inner brown layer also visible.[2] The species measures 1.4 millimetres by 0.95 millimetres.[3]
The species is similar in appearance to Eatoniella dilatata, but distinguishable by its colour and larger size, ad to Eatoniella verecunda by its smaller size, thinner shell and brown inner layer.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected by E.C. Smith in January 1950 from Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island.[4] The species is found in the waters of the lower South Island, Stewart Island and the Auckland Islands.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Eatoniella fuscosubucula Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 6: 47–99. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906115. Wikidata Q58676802.
- ^ "Eatoniella fuscosubucula". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2020). "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. 55: 101–150. doi:10.32912/RAM.2020.55.7. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 27008995. S2CID 229670783. Wikidata Q106828489.