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Washed up on gravelly beach, Far North, NZ. 6mm
Washed up on gravelly beach, Far North, NZ. 6mm
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approxomation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
FW =
Freshwater
L =
Land
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced

Eatoniella (Eatoniella) flammulata (Hutton, 1878)

Classification:Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily) > Eatoniellidae (Family) > Eatoniella (Genus) > Eatoniella (Subgenus)
Family:EATONIELLIDAE
Size/Grows to:Height 6.5mm, Width 3.5mm
Synonyms:(=Abscindostoma Ponder, =Albitoniella Ponder, =Cerostraca Oliver, =Dardaniops Ponder, =Dardanula Iredale, =Pellax Finlay)
(=Phasianella huttoni Pilsbry)
Distribution:North Island, from Mahia north
Geographical Range:[AC]
Notes:
Endemic
 
References and Publications:
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006: Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.32)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.93)

Note: Localities are approximate, and represent only some of the known localities for the species.