Montfortia
Montfortia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Montfortia | |
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| A shell of Montfortia subemarginata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Montfortia Récluz, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Emarginula australis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
Species within the genus Montfortia include:[1]
- Montfortia emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
- Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935)
- Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819)
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929 accepted as Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
- Montfortia kirana Habe, 1963 accepted as Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963)
References
- 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.
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