Eatoniella delli
| 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[edit]
The species was originally identified by the name Eatoniella (Cerostraca) delli, and was named by Ponder after named after Richard Dell.[2]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
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[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 delli 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.
- ^ "Eatoniella delli". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ 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.