Biology:Crassitoniella carinata
| Crassitoniella carinata | |
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| Holotype of Crassitoniella carinata 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: | Crassitoniella |
| Species: | C. carinata
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| Crassitoniella carinata (Ponder, 1965)
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Crassitoniella carinata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae.[1] It was first described by Winston Ponder in 1965, and it is the type species for the genus Crassitoniella.[2] It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Description
Crassitoniella carinata has a distinctive orange-red coloured shell, with a wide protoconch. The living animal has white long tentacles, with large eyes.[2] The species measures 1.91millimetres by 1.3 millimetres.[3]
The species' shell is similar to the Australian species Crassitoniella flammea, but differs by having a uniform colour and distinct peripheral cord.[2]
Distribution
The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected from shell sand found at Piwhane / Spirits Bay in the Northland Region, New Zealand.[4] The species was first documented on the east coast of the North Island as far south as the Bay of Plenty, in 1995 a specimen was first identified on the west coast of the North Island.[5] Additional specimens have been found in the waters near Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591572.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum 6 (2): 47–99. ISSN 2422-8567. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/291583#page/103/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Crassitoniella carinata". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=2790.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, M.; Riley, J.; Smith, N.; Stace, G. (1995). "Additions to the mollusca from Kawerua, North Auckland". Tane 35: 183-193.
- ↑ "marine snail, Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1387907.
Further reading
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
Wikidata ☰ Q6785728 entry
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