Munditia mayana
| Munditia mayana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Munditia |
| Species: | M. mayana
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| Binomial name | |
| Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899)
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| Synonyms | |
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Liotia mayana Tate, R. 1899 | |
Munditia mayana, common name May's munditia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, B. (2013). Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719265 on 2013-08-29
- Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229
- Cotton Bernard, Southern Australian Gastropoda Part I Streptoneura; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia v. 69 (1), 1945
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp
- Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3-5
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Munditia mayana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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