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Montfortista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Montfortista
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Siphonella Issel, 1869

Montfortista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Montfortista include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585824 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.