Munditia (gastropod)
| Munditia | |
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| Munditia subquadrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Liotiidae |
| Genus: | Munditia Finlay, 1926 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Liotina tryphenensis Powell, A.W.B., 1926 | |
Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Liotiidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]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
- Species brought into synonymy
- Munditia immaculata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877: synonym of Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
- Munditia siderea Angas, G.F., 1865: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
References
[edit]- ^ Finlay 1926, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 57, 363.
- ^ Munditia Finlay, 1926. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia
- ^ Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- ^ 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
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