Mendax (gastropod)
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Scientific classification 
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| Cerithiopsis trizonalis Odhner, 1924
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Specula (Mendax) Finlay, 1926 | |
Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Mendax include:
- Mendax barbarae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
- Mendax denatalis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
- † Mendax disparilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992
- Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978
- Mendax marginatus (Suter, 1908)
- Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002
- Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002
- Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002
- Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002
- Mendax rufulus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
- Mendax samadiae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
- Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978
- Mendax spiritussanctis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
- Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
- Mendax tenuicostatus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
- Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002
- Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
- Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978
- Species brought into synonymy
- Mendax attenuatispira Powell, 1937: synonym of Trituba (Paramendax) attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) represented as Trituba attenuatispira (Powell, 1937)
- Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940: synonym of Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) (original combination)
- Mendax nucleoproducta Dell, 1956: synonym of Cerithiella nucleoproducta (Dell, 1956) (original combination)
References
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mendax Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391136 on 2012-06-15
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
- Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
- Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120
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