Eatoniella perforata

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Eatoniella perforata

Holotype of Eatoniella perforata from Auckland War Memorial Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eatoniellidae
Genus:	Eatoniella
Species:	E. perforata
Binomial name
*Eatoniella perforata* (Ponder, 1965)
Synonyms^[1]
Eatoniella (Caveatoniella) perforata Ponder 1965

Eatoniella perforata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae.^[1] First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. Compared to most other Eatoniella species of New Zealand, E. perforata is found in relatively deep water.

Description

Eatoniella perforata has a small, white ovate shell, with four and half whorls. The holotype measured 1.25mm by 0.83mm.^[2]

Distribution

The species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1] The holotype was collected by W. La Roche from Doubtless Bay, Northland Region, from a depth of 22 metres.^[3] The mollusc is found to the north-east of the North Island, in moderately deep water,^[2]^[4] and has also been identified on the Chatham Islands and Auckland Islands.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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 perforata Ponder, 1965". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Blom, Wilma M. (2020). "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. 55: 101–150. doi:10.32912/RAM.2020.55.7. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 27008995. S2CID 229670783. Wikidata Q106828489.
^ Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W. (2010). "Tidal Zonation of Ostracod and Micromolluscan Faunas in Coralline Turf on the East and West Coasts of Auckland, New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 47: 51–74. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905912. Wikidata Q58623372.
^ "Eatoniella (Caveatoniella) perforata". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "Eatoniella (Caveatoniella) perforata". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Taxon identifiers
Eatoniella perforata	Wikidata: Q6783440 CoL: 38BY9 EoL: 15764637 GBIF: 2300850 iNaturalist: 468264 IRMNG: 10083779 NZOR: 4c0cbba5-15a9-4536-ba54-573c329ac508 OBIS: 598467 Open Tree of Life: 2894287 WoRMS: 598467

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