Montfortulana is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
| Montfortulana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Montfortulana Habe, 1961 |
| Type species | |
| Subemarginula eurythma Dautzenberg, 1907
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Species edit
Species within the genus Montfortulana include:[1]
- Montfortulana eurythma (Dautzenberg, 1907)
- Montfortulana sulcifera (Adams, 1852)
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortulana Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585837 on 2012-12-31
- ^ 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.
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