Eatoniella latebricola

Eatoniella latebricola 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.

Eatoniella latebricola
Holotype of Eatoniella latebricola 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. latebricola
Binomial name
Eatoniella latebricola
(Ponder, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Eatoniella (Dardanula) latebricola (Ponder, 1965)

Description

The shell of Eatoniella latebricola is yellowish-white, with a white aperture. The mollusc itself has large eyes at the base of its cephalic tentacles.[2] The species measures 1.65 millimetres by 1.05 millimetres.[3]

Distribution
The original holotype was found among Durvillaea antarctica kelp at Muriwai beach in West Auckland

The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] The holotype was collected by Ponder himself from Muriwai beach in West Auckland, underneath Durvillaea sp. seaweed.[4] The species has been predominantly identified on the west coast of the North Island on seaweeds,[5][6] and has also been found as far south as Haast on the West Coast,[7] the east coast of the North Island,[8] and Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[9] In 2003 dead specimens of the species was identified on Cuvier Island on the east coast of New Zealand, where Durvillaea is not present. It was theorised that the species might live on algal holdfasts, such as the kelp species Ecklonia radiata.[5]

References
  1. 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 latebricola Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  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 latebricola". 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.
  5. Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, Margaret S. (June 2003). "Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biota of Cuvier Island". Poirieria. 29. ISSN 0032-2377. Wikidata Q115466784.
  6. Hayward, Bruce W.; Morley, Margaret S.; Blom, Wilma; Grenfell, Hugh R.; Smith, Nancy; Rogan, Doug; Stephenson, A. Brett (2002). "Marine biota of Raglan, Waikato West Coast". Poirieria. 28(b): 1–16. ISSN 0032-2377. Wikidata Q115466507.
  7. "Eatoniella latebricola". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  8. "Eatoniella latebricola". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  9. "marine snail, Eatoniella latebricola Ponder, 1965". Te Papa. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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