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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:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from low tide to 30 fathoms, amongst Corallina and other algae
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
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

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

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
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