Eatoniella fossa 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.
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| Holotype of Eatoniella fossa 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. fossa
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| Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965
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Description
editEatoniella fossa has a solid, smooth shell, with a groove between the inner lip and the molluscs body whorl. The shells' colour varied between brownish-yellow to white, with an occasional dark band. The holotype of the species measured 1.9mm by 1.2mm.[2]
This species is easily distinguished by the channel between the aperture and the body whorl of the mollusc.[2]
Distribution
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The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype and five paratypes of the species were collected from reasonably deep water in the Whangaroa Harbour, Northland, to the west of Stephenson Island.[3] In addition to the east coast of the Northland Peninsula, Eatoniella fossa has been identified near Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands,[4] the Hen and Chicken Islands,[5] and the Bay of Plenty, as far east as Hicks Bay.[6][7]
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 fossa Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "marine snail, Eatoniella fossa Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. Retrieved 15 November 2022.