Eatoniella notalabia
Holotype of Eatoniella notalabia from Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eatoniellidae
Genus: Eatoniella
Species:
E. notalabia
Binomial name
Eatoniella notalabia
(Ponder, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Eatoniella (Dardaniopsis) notalabia (Ponder, 1965)
  • Eatoniella (Eatoniella) notalabia (Ponder, 1965)

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. 1 2 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 notalabia Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  3. ↑ "Eatoniella notalabia". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ↑ 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. S2CID 229670783. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Hayward, Bruce; Morley, Margaret (2004). "Intertidal Life Around the Coast of the Waitakere Ranges, Auckland" (PDF). Auckland Regional Council. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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