Eatoniellidae
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Eatoniellidae, commonly known as eatoniellids, are a taxonomic family
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Cingulopsoidea
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According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
the family Eatoniellidae has no subfamilies.
Family
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of minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
Cingulopsoidea
Cingulopsoidea
The Cingulopsoidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.-Families:The following three families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :*Family Cingulopsidae Fretter & Patil, 1958...
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According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
the family Eatoniellidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Eatoniellidae include:- Crassitoniella
- EatoniellaEatoniellaEatoniella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eatoniellidae, the eatoniellids.-Species:Species within the genus Eatoniella include:* Eatoniella alboelata Ponder, 1983...
DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1876 - Eatonina
- SkenellaSkenellaSkenella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cingulopsidae.-Species:Species within the genus Skenella include: * Skenella georgiana Pfeffer, 1886* Skenella hallae Ponder & Worsfold, 1994...
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - ZipCodeZoo