Crassitoniella is a genus of taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eatoniellidae.[1] All currently identified species in the family are endemic to the waters of Australia and New Zealand. The type specimen of the genus is Crassitoniella carinata.[2]

Crassitoniella
Crassitoniella carinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cingulopsoidea
Family: Eatoniellidae
Genus: Crassitoniella
Ponder, 1965
Type species
Crassitoniella carinata

Species

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Species within the genus Crassitoniella include:[1]

Synonyms
  • Crassitoniella subbicolor (Ludbrook, 1956): synonym of † Crassitoniella erratica subbicolor (Ludbrook, 1956) (superseded rank)

References

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  1. ^ 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). "Crassitoniella Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 6 (2): 47–99. ISSN 2422-8567.
  3. ^ MNHN, Paris: Crassitoniella cirsophora
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