Montfortia

Montfortia
A shell of Montfortia subemarginata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Montfortia Récluz, 1843
Type species
Emarginula australis Quoy & Gaimard 1834
Synonyms[1]
Hemitoma (Montfortia) Récluz, 1843

Montfortia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Montfortia include:[1]

• † Montfortia bikiniensis (Ladd, 1966)
• Montfortia emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
• Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935)
• Montfortia picta (Dunker, 1860)
• Montfortia polygonalis (A. Adams, 1852)
• Montfortia pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)
• Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819)

The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

• Montfortia (Hemitoma) cumingii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1863): synonym of Hemitoma cumingii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1863)
• Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929: synonym of Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
• Montfortia kirana Habe, 1963: synonym of Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963)
• Montfortia panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortia Récluz, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527651 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
• Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261