Biology:Eatoniella notalabia
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| Holotype of Eatoniella notalabia 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. notalabia
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| Binomial name | |
| Eatoniella notalabia (Ponder, 1965)
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Eatoniella notalabia 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 notalabia has a minute ovate-conical shell, with a swollen body whorl. Colour of the species' shells can vary from yellow-brown, purplish-brown to black.[2] The species measures 1.26mm by 0.8mm.[3] The animal itself is white-coloured with a narrow strip of black.[2] Specimens collected from Piha in the 1960s were uniformly white, with no black.[2]
Distribution
The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected by Ponder himself on 1 January 1964, at Goat Island Bay (modern-day Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve) in the Auckland Region.[4] The species is found in the waters of the North Island, South Island, Auckland Islands and the Chatham Islands, and is particularly abundant in the South Island and Stewart Island.[2]
The species is found on algae/seaweeds at low tide.[2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eatoniella notalabia Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598448.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 , Wikidata Q58676802
- ↑ "Eatoniella notalabia". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=2808.
- ↑ 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; Morley, Margaret (2004). "Intertidal Life Around the Coast of the Waitakere Ranges, Auckland". Auckland Regional Council. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/technicalpublications/TP298_Int_life_Waitaks_PartA.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q6783371 entry
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