Crassitoniella carinata
Crassitoniella carinata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae.[1] It was first described by Winston Ponder in 1965, and it is the type species for the genus Crassitoniella.[2] It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
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| Holotype of Crassitoniella carinata from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eatoniellidae |
| Genus: | Crassitoniella |
| Species: | C. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassitoniella carinata (Ponder, 1965) | |
Description
Crassitoniella carinata has a distinctive orange-red coloured shell, with a wide protoconch. The living animal has white long tentacles, with large eyes.[2] The species measures 1.91millimetres by 1.3 millimetres.[3]
The species' shell is similar to the Australian species Crassitoniella flammea, but differs by having a uniform colour and distinct peripheral cord.[2]
Distribution
The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected from shell sand found at Piwhane / Spirits Bay in the Northland Region, New Zealand.[4] The species was first documented on the east coast of the North Island as far south as the Bay of Plenty, in 1995 a specimen was first identified on the west coast of the North Island.[5] Additional specimens have been found in the waters near Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[6]
References
- 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). "Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 6 (2): 47–99. ISSN 2422-8567.
- "Crassitoniella carinata". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- 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.
- Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, M.; Riley, J.; Smith, N.; Stace, G. (1995). "Additions to the mollusca from Kawerua, North Auckland". Tane. 35: 183-193.
- "marine snail, Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
Further reading
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch