Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]
| 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 | |
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 edit
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