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Montfortula
Shell of Montfortula rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Hemitominae
Genus: Montfortula
Iredale, 1915[1]
Type species
Emarginula rugosa
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms[2]

Plagiorhytis Fischer, 1885[3] non Chaudoir, 1848

Montfortula is a genus of keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Emarginulinae of the family Fissurellidae.[2]

Species

As of 2018, species within the genus Montfortula include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928: synonym of Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Montfortula picta (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Montfortia picta (Dunker, 1860)
  • Montfortula pulchra (Adams, 1852): synonym of Montfortia pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)

References

  1. ^ Iredale, Tom (1915). "A Commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca"". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 433–435.
  2. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Montfortula Iredale, 1915". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ Fischer, Paul (1885). "Classe des Gastropodes". Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique. Paris: F. Savy. p. 860.