Eatoniella caliginosa (E. A. Smith, 1875 )

Zettler, Michael L. & Bick, Andreas, 2025, Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records, Zootaxa 5631 (3), pp. 401-450 : 427-429

33. Eatoniella caliginosa (E. A. Smith, 1875) [ Figs 13H–K ]

Eatonia caliginosa E. A. Smith, 1875: 71

Material examined. • 1 spm, Stn. 3; • 20 spms, Stn. 4; • 2 spms, Stn. 7; • 11 spms, Stn. 9.

Type locality. Swain’s Bay (Kerguelen Islands).

Bathymetric distribution. 0–100 m.

Substrate. Hard and soft bottoms.

Geographical distribution. ANTARCTICA: Antarctic Peninsula. SUBANTARCTICA: Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Islands. SCOTIA ARC: South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands. SOUTH AMERICA: -.

Remarks. We found this species in depths between the intertidal zone and 100 m. The species is already known from Maxwell and Admiralty Bays.

References. Ponder (1983), Engl (2012), Aghmich et al. (2016).

Figures

FIGURE 13. A–D: Skenella paludinoides (E. A. Smith, 1902); E–G: Skenella umbilicata Ponder, 1983; H–K: Eatoniella caliginosa (E. A. Smith, 1875); L–O: Eatoniella kerguelenensis (E. A. Smith, 1875). Unless otherwise indicated, the scale is always 1 mm.