Munditia (gastropod) explained
Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.[1] 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)
- Munditia hedleyi (Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)
- Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937
- Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899)
- Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912)
- 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
- Species brought into synonymy:
References
- 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
Notes and References
- http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Munditia Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia
