Mendax (gastropod) explained

Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Mendax include:

• Mendax barbarae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
• Mendax denatalis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
• † Mendax disparilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992
• Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978
• Mendax marginatus (Suter, 1908)
• Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Mendax rufulus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
• Mendax samadiae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
• Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978
• Mendax spiritussanctis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
• Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
• Mendax tenuicostatus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
• Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
• Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978

Species brought into synonymy:

• Mendax attenuatispira Powell, 1937: synonym of Trituba (Paramendax) attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) represented as Trituba attenuatispira (Powell, 1937)
• Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940: synonym of Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) (original combination)
• Mendax nucleoproducta Dell, 1956: synonym of Cerithiella nucleoproducta (Dell, 1956) (original combination)

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• 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
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mendax Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391136 on 2012-06-15