Montfortista

Montfortista
Shell of Montfortista panhi(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Montfortista Iredale, 1929 [1]
Type species
Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929
Synonyms [2]
SiphonellaIssel, 1869

Montfortista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

Species within the genus Montfortista include: ^[2]

• Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
• Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963)
• Montfortista oldhamiana ((G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
• Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

References

1. Iredale, Tom (1929-06-29). "Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9 (3): 269. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
2. 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
3. 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

• Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5