Montfortia

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Montfortia
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A shell of Montfortia subemarginata
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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
Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Synonyms [1]
  • Hemitoma (Montfortia)Récluz, 1843

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

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Species

Species within the genus Montfortia include: [1]


The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]

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Emarginula is a genus of small keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.

<i>Notoacmea</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Natica</i> Genus of gastropods

Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.

<i>Montfortula</i> Genus of gastropods

Montfortula is a genus of keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Emarginulinae of the family Fissurellidae.

<i>Hemitoma</i> Genus of gastropods

Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Tugali</i> Genus of gastropods

Tugali is a genus of small sea snails or limpets, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Emarginulinae of the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

<i>Pisania</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Stomatella</i> Genus of sea snails

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<i>Clypeomorus</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Planaxis</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Sinum</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Scutellastra</i> Genus of gastropods

Scutellastra is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.

<i>Montfortista</i> Genus of gastropods

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

<i>Montfortista panhi</i> Species of gastropod

Montfortista panhi, common name the cancellate false limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Emarginella is a genus of small keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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
  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.