Biology:Montfortula rugosa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Montfortula rugosa
Shell of Montfortula rugosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Montfortula
Species:	M. rugosa
Binomial name
Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Clypidina radiata (Gould, 1859) Clypidina rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Emarginula (Clypidina) radiata Gould, 1859 Emarginula aspera Gould, 1846 Emarginula cinerea Gould, 1846 Emarginula conoidea L. Reeve, 1842 Emarginula radiata Gould, 1859 Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Subemarginula rugosa Suter, 1913 Emarginula stellata A. Adams, 1852 Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928 Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928 Montfortula conoidea Reeve, 1842 Subemarginula aspera (Gould, 1846)

Montfortula rugosa, common name the cap-shaped false limpet, is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

Montfortula rugosa, a marine species, is found off Australia (from West Australia to South Queensland), Tasmania and New Zealand.

References

• Mestayer, M. K. (1928). A note on Sigapatella terraenovae Peile. A new Montfortula. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 622–624.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
• 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
• Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London. Vol. 1
• Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2
• Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 161-166.
• "Montfortula rugosa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_6717.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7988680 entry