Eatoniella delli
Holotype of Eatoniella delli from Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eatoniellidae
Genus: Eatoniella
Species:
E. delli
Binomial name
Eatoniella delli
(Ponder, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Eatoniella (Cerostraca) delli (Ponder, 1965)

Eatoniella delli is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae.[1] It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The species was originally identified by the name Eatoniella (Cerostraca) delli, and was named by Ponder after named after Richard Dell.[2]

Description

Eatoniella delli has a small conical dark-purple shell. The animal has colourless tentacles.[2] The species measures 1.24 millimetres by 0.73 millimetres.[3]

Distribution

Corallina sp. red seaweeds, which have been identified as common habitats for Eatoniella delli

The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype of the species was collected on 21 August 1963 on the Bream Tail at Mangawhai Heads in Northland by Ponder himself, who identified the species living on Corallina seaweeds.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Eatoniella delli Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 6: 47–99. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906115. Wikidata Q58676802.
  3. ↑ "Eatoniella delli". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Blom, Wilma (2022). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Part 4: Gastropoda (Caenogastropoda - Neocyclotidae to Epitoniidae). [Cyclophoroidea, Cerithioidea, Littorinimorpha]". Records of the Auckland Museum. 56 (55): 39–62. doi:10.32912/ram.2020.55.7. ISSN 2422-8567. S2CID 229670783. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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