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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Crassitoniella (Genus)
> carinata (Species)
Images: Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965
Holotype, collected Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ (MA71264). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Crassitoniella (Genus)
> carinata (Species)
Details: Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.91mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as the Aldermen Islands, from 0-123m
Type Data:
  • Spirits Bay, NZ, (paratype)
  • Kapowairua, Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.94)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1965 The family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.93) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil