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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Pupatonia (Genus)
> atoma (Species)
Images: Pupatonia atoma Ponder, 1965
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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Pupatonia (Genus)
> atoma (Species)
Details: Pupatonia atoma Ponder, 1965
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.8mm, Width 0.4mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island as far north as Haast, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Chatham 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.94)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 The family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.96) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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