Montfortista
| Montfortista | |
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| Shell of Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Montfortista Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Montfortista 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 Montfortista include:[1]
- Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
- Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963)
- Montfortista oldhamiana ((G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
- Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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[edit]
- Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5
- Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, no. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31