Crassitoniella carinata
| Crassitoniella carinata | |
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| Holotype of Crassitoniella carinata from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eatoniellidae |
| Genus: | Crassitoniella |
| Species: | C. carinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crassitoniella carinata Ponder, 1965
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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.
Description
Crassitoniella carinata has a distinctive orange-red coloured ovate-conical shell, with a wide protoconch. It is solid, with a broadly blunt protoconch and has a distinct peripheral cord. The living animal has white long tentacles, with large eyes.[2][3] The holotype of the species measures 1.91 mm (0.075 in) in height and 1.3 mm (0.051 in) in diameter.[4] The species' shell is similar to the Australian species Crassitoniella flammea, but differs by having a uniform colour and distinct peripheral cord.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Winston Ponder in 1965, as the type species of Crassitoniella.[2] The holotype was collected from Piwhane / Spirits Bay near Cape Reinga in Northland, New Zealand, in April 1951 by Ken Hipkins. It is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[5][6]
Distribution and habitat
The species is Endemic to New Zealand.[1] 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.[7] Additional specimens have been found in the waters near Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[8] C. carinata typically lives on algae.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Ponder, W. F. (1965). "The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Museum. 6 (2): 47–99. ISSN 2422-8567.
- ^ a b Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: Collins. p. 94. ISBN 0002169061.
- ^ "Crassitoniella carinata". New Zealand Mollusca. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN 1176-3213. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.
- ^ "Crassitoniella carinata". Collections Online. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ 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
External links
- Crassitoniella carinata at Images from Malacology
