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Taxonomy
Family:
CINGULOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Cingulopsidae (Family)
> Eatonina (Genus)
> atomaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cingulopsis Fretter & Patil, 1958
=Coriandria Tomlin, 1917
=Eatonina (Captitonia) Ponder & Yoo, 1981
=Eatonina (Mistostigma) Berry, 1947
=Eatonina (Otatara) Ponder, 1965
=Eatonina (Saginofusca) Ponder, 1965
=Microsetia Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia atomaria Powell, 1933
Images: Eatonina atomaria (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected Feb 1933, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70536). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CINGULOPSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Cingulopsidae (Family)
> Eatonina (Genus)
> atomaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cingulopsis Fretter & Patil, 1958
=Coriandria Tomlin, 1917
=Eatonina (Captitonia) Ponder & Yoo, 1981
=Eatonina (Mistostigma) Berry, 1947
=Eatonina (Otatara) Ponder, 1965
=Eatonina (Saginofusca) Ponder, 1965
=Microsetia Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Notosetia atomaria Powell, 1933
Details: Eatonina atomaria (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.2mm, Width 0.95mm
Distribution:
King Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from low tide to over 120 metres, amongst Corallina and other algae
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hayward, B.W., Morley, M.S. 2005 Zonation and biogeography of the intertidal biota of Subantarctic Campbell and Auckland Islands, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 42 (p.29)
  • Ponder, W.F., Yoo, E.K. 1980 A review of the genera of the Cingulopsidae with a revision of the Australian and tropical Indo-Pacific species. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), Records of the Australian Museum, 33(1) (p.9)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.116)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 A revision of the New Zealand recent species previously known as Notosetia Iredale, 1915 (Rissoidae, Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.121)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.198) Original Description

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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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