Munditia (gastropod)

Munditia
Munditia subquadrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Munditia Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Liotina tryphenensisPowell, A.W.B., 1926

Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Liotiidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. ^[3] Some species are endemic to New Zealand. Munditia meridionalis occurs in subantarctic waters off the South Orkney Islands and the South Shetland Islands

Species

Species within the genus Munditia include:

• Munditia anomala Powell, 1940
• Munditia aupouria Powell, 1937
• Munditia daedala (A. Adams, 1863)
• Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940
• Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
• Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912) ^[4]
• Munditia hedleyi (Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)
• Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937
• Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899)
• Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912) ^[5]
• Munditia owengaensis Powell, 1933
• † Munditia proavita Laws, 1936
• Munditia serrata (Suter, 1908)
• Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
• Munditia suteri (Mestayer, 1919)
• Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
• Munditia tryphenensis Powell, 1926

Munditia subquadrata, ventral view

Species brought into synonymy

• Munditia immaculataTenison-Woods, J.E., 1877: synonym of Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
• Munditia sidereaAngas, G.F., 1865: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)

References

1. Finlay 1926, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 57, 363.
2. Munditia Finlay, 1926 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 23 May 2012.
3. Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia
4. Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 April 2010.
5. Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 April 2010.

• Cotton, B. C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide. : W.L. Hawes. 449 pp., 1 pl.
• Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links

• Genus Munditia, Finlay; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961