Montfortia hermosa

Montfortia hermosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Montfortia
Species:	M. hermosa
Binomial name
Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935)
Synonyms [1]
Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosaLowe, 1935 Hemitoma hermosaLowe, 1935

Montfortia hermosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

This shell of this mollusk species grows to a size of 7 millimeters.

Distribution

This marine species of mollusk occurs in the waters of Gulf of California, Mexico.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585819 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.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• "Hemitoma (Montfortia) hermosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.