Munditia subquadrata

Munditia subquadrata
	Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878), a sea snail in the family Liotiidae; South Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Munditia
Species:	M. subquadrata
Binomial name
	Munditia subquadrata; (Tenison Woods, 1878)
Synonyms
	Cyclostrema immaculataTenison-Woods, 1877; Liotia subquadrataTenison-Woods, 1878; Munditia immaculataTenison-Woods, J.E., 1877;

Last updated July 13, 2020

Munditia subquadrata, common name the squared munditia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 6.5 mm. The Tasmanian specimen attains a diameter of 9 mm. The small, white, thickly shell has a discoid shape. It is flattened above. It is very finely undulately striate all over. The four whorls are angular above, coronate and radiately ribbed, rounded below, and furnished with two rounded obsolete granular keels. The umbilicus is very ample, with an elegantly dentate margin. The orbicular aperture is toothed.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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References

↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Munditia subquadrata (Tenison Woods, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719266 on 2013-08-29
↑ Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131-159 (described as Cyclostrema immaculata)

Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. On some Tertiary fossils from Muddy Creek, Western Victoria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 222-240
Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp
Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3-5
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
"Munditia subquadrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2013). Munditia subquadrata (Tenison Woods, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719266 on 2013-08-29

[2] Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131-159 (described as Cyclostrema immaculata)