Montfortia
| Montfortia | |
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| A shell of Montfortia subemarginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Montfortia Récluz, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula australis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Montfortia include:[1]
- † Montfortia bikiniensis (Ladd, 1966)
- Montfortia emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
- Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935)
- Montfortia picta (Dunker, 1860)
- Montfortia polygonalis (A. Adams, 1852)
- Montfortia pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)
- Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819)
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Montfortia (Hemitoma) cumingii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1863): synonym of Hemitoma cumingii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1863)
- Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929: synonym of Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
- Montfortia kirana Habe, 1963: synonym of Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963)
- Montfortia panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia Récluz, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527651 on 2012-12-31
- ^ 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.
External links
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- World Register of Marine Species
- Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261