Eatoniella
genus of molluscs
Eatoniella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eatoniellidae, the eatoniellids.
Species
Species within the genus Eatoniella include:
Species brought into synonymy
Eatoniella huttoni (Pilsbry, 1888): synonym of Eatoniella flammulata (Hutton, 1878)
Eatoniella kerguelensis [sic]: synonym of Eatoniella kerguelenensis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
Eatoniella maculosa Ponder, 1965: synonym of Eatoniella notata Ponder & Yoo, 1977
Eatoniella nigra (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Eatoniella afronigra Ponder & Worsfold, 1994
Eatoniella paludinoides E. A. Smith, 1902: synonym of Skenella paludinoides (E. A. Smith, 1902)
Eatoniella pusilla Thiele, 1912 : synonym of Eatonina pusilla (Thiele, 1912)
Eatoniella rubrooperculata Castellanos & Fernández, 1972: synonym of Barleeia rubrooperculata (Castellanos & Fernández, 1972)
Eatoniella thola Ponder, 1965: synonym of Crassitoniella thola (Ponder, 1965)
References
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Iredale T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca.
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