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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> mortoni (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) mortoni Ponder, 1965
Images: Eatoniella mortoni Ponder, 1965
Holotype, collected Dec 1961, Days Bay, Wellington, NZ (MA71262). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> mortoni (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) mortoni Ponder, 1965
Details: Eatoniella mortoni Ponder, 1965
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.85mm, Width 1.13mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.85) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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