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Eatoniella cana Ponder, 1983

Gastropoda : Littorinoidea : Eatoniellidae
[WoRMS: 197151]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: British Antarctic Survey
Accession No.: NMW.Z.1979.002.00031
Preparations: Wet
No. of Specimens: 1sh
Locality: Off Billie Rocks, Borge Bay, rocky bottom on algae, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, Antarctic, 5 m, British Antarctic Survey
Collecting Details: British Antarctic Survey, 6/1975, G. Picken

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Ponder, W. F. 1983. Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: The Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports. 108: 1-96; figs 1-29. [6-7; fig. 5c] Cited
Figured
Original Description
Type Designation

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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Off Billie Rocks, Borge Bay, Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. 5 metres. Rocky bottom on algae.
Point Locality: Off Billie Rocks, Borge Bay, rocky bottom on algae,
Country: Antarctica
Station:
Grid ref./Coordinates:
Region: Signy Island, South Orkney Islands,
Sea Region: Antarctic.
Altitude:
Depth: 5 m
Expedition: British Antarctic Survey
Ex. Collection:
Collecting date: 6/1975
Collected by: G. Picken

Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Mesogastropoda Littorinoidea Eatoniellidae

Remarks

Unfortunately the holotype of this species has been damaged. The specimen illustrated here is the paratype figured by Ponder (1983).

Record last modified - 27/06/2018