Eatoniellidae Explained

Eatoniellidae, commonly known as eatoniellids, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cingulopsoidea.

According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Eatoniellidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Eatoniellidae include:

• Crassitoniella Ponder, 1965
• Eatoniella Dall, 1876
• Liratoniella Ponder, 1965
• Pupatonia Ponder, 1965

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Eatonia E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Eatoniella Dall, 1876

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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  • Ponder W.F. & Yoo E.K. 1980. A review of the genera of Cingulopsidae with a revision of the Australian and tropical Indo-Pacific species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Records of the Australian Museum 33, 1-88