Biology:Munditia (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Munditia
Munditia subquadrata.002.jpg
Munditia subquadrata
Scientific classification e
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 mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Distribution

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

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
Munditia subquadrata, ventral view
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

  1. Finlay 1926, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 57, 363.
  2. Munditia Finlay, 1926. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
  3. Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia
  4. Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  5. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q265019 entry