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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> verecunda (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:
=Dardanula bollonsi Powell, 1955
=Rissoa (Setia) verecunda Suter, 1908
=Rissoa verecunda Suter, 1908
Images: Eatoniella verecunda (Suter, 1908)
Holotype, collected pre 1907, off Snares Islands, NZ (MA71222). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Eatoniella (Genus)
> verecunda (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:
=Dardanula bollonsi Powell, 1955
=Rissoa (Setia) verecunda Suter, 1908
=Rissoa verecunda Suter, 1908
Details: Eatoniella verecunda (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.75mm, Width 1.13mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island (Charleston), and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Chatham Islands. From extreme low tide level
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.93)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.30) 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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