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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> atropurpurea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerostraca W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
=Dardania Hutton, 1882
=Dardanula Iredale, 1915
=Eatonia E.A. Smith, 1875
=Eatoniella (Abscindostoma) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Albitoniella) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Albosabula) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Caveatoniella) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Cerostraca) W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
=Eatoniella (Dardaniopsis) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Dardanula) Iredale, 1915
=Eatoniella (Eatoniella) Dall, 1876
=Eatoniella (Pellax) Finlay, 1926
=Pellax Finlay, 1926
=Rissoina (Eatoniella) Dall, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Eatoniella (Dardanula) minutocrassa Ponder, 1965
Images: Eatoniella atropurpurea (Frauenfeld, 1876)
Paratype of Eatoniella (Dardanula) minutocrassa Ponder, collected Goat Island Bay, Leigh, Auckland, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> atropurpurea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerostraca W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
=Dardania Hutton, 1882
=Dardanula Iredale, 1915
=Eatonia E.A. Smith, 1875
=Eatoniella (Abscindostoma) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Albitoniella) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Albosabula) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Caveatoniella) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Cerostraca) W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
=Eatoniella (Dardaniopsis) Ponder, 1965
=Eatoniella (Dardanula) Iredale, 1915
=Eatoniella (Eatoniella) Dall, 1876
=Eatoniella (Pellax) Finlay, 1926
=Pellax Finlay, 1926
=Rissoina (Eatoniella) Dall, 1876
Synonymised Names:
=Eatoniella (Dardanula) minutocrassa Ponder, 1965
Details: Eatoniella atropurpurea (Frauenfeld, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.93mm, Width 0.6mm
Distribution:
North Island, north east of South Island and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.92)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 The family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.84)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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 approximation 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
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil