Crassitoniella Explained

Crassitoniella is a genus of taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eatoniellidae.^[1] All currently identified species in the family are endemic to the waters of Australia and New Zealand. The type specimen of the genus is Crassitoniella carinata.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Crassitoniella include:^[1]

• Crassitoniella carinata
• † Crassitoniella cirsophora (Cossmann, 1888) ^[3]
• Crassitoniella erratica
• † Crassitoniella europaea Lozouet, 1998
• Crassitoniella flammea
• † Crassitoniella lozoueti Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
• Crassitoniella thola

Synonyms:

• † Crassitoniella subbicolor (Ludbrook, 1956): synonym of † Crassitoniella erratica subbicolor (Ludbrook, 1956) (superseded rank)

References

• • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
• Lozouet, P., 1998. Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4): 61-102

External links

• MNHN, Paris: image of Crassitoniella europaea

Notes and References

1. Crassitoniella Ponder, 1965 . 2022 . 591569 . Marine Mollusca . 22 October 2022.
2. 2422-8567. 6 . 2 . 47–99. Ponder . W. F. . Winston Ponder . The Family Eatoniellidae in New Zealand . . 1965 .
3. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/j11474?listIndex=3&listCount=12 MNHN, Paris: Crassitoniella cirsophora