Biology:Eatoniella delli
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Eatoniella delli | |
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| Holotype of Eatoniella delli 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. delli
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| Binomial name | |
| Eatoniella delli (Ponder, 1965)
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Eatoniella delli 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.
Taxonomy
The species was originally identified by the name Eatoniella (Cerostraca) delli, and was named by Ponder after named after Richard Dell.[2]
Description
Eatoniella delli has a small conical dark-purple shell. The animal has colourless tentacles.[2] The species measures 1.24 millimetres by 0.73 millimetres.[3]
Distribution
The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype of the species was collected on 21 August 1963 on the Bream Tail at Mangawhai Heads in Northland by Ponder himself, who identified the species living on Corallina seaweeds.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eatoniella delli Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598437.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q58676802
- ↑ "Eatoniella delli". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=2797.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q6784364 entry
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