Mentodus Explained

Mentodus is a genus of tubeshoulders.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

• Mentodus bythios (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
• Mentodus crassus A. E. Parr, 1960
• Mentodus eubranchus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
• Mentodus facilis (A. E. Parr, 1951)
• Mentodus longirostris (Sazonov & Golovan, 1976)
• Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
• Mentodus perforatus Sazonov & Trunov, 1978
• Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878)