Eatoniella albocolumella

, Wellington In the original description, Ponder described the species as follows: The species' animal has long cephalic tentacles, is colourless, and has a short, blobed snout with an orange buccal mass. The operculum is oval, curved and yellow. The species' colour pattern is highly variable, and is typically dark purple-grey, except for the white lower base and columella. ==Taxonomy==

The species was first described by Winston Ponder in 1965, who used the name Eatoniella (Abscindostoma) albocolumella. The holotype of the species was collected by W.J. Ballantine on 16 February 1964, on coralline algae at Cape Campbell in the Marlborough District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum. ==Distribution and habitat==

The species is Endemic to New Zealand, The species is often found living on the surface of seaweeds, and is often abundantly found on coralline algae and short turf algae on exposed coasts, and more rarely under stones or on moderately exposed brown algae. ==References==