Munditia mayana explained

Munditia mayana, common name May's munditia, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia. It occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

• Tate, R. 1899. A revision of the Australian Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 213-229
• Cotton Bernard, Southern Australian Gastropoda Part I Streptoneura; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia v. 69 (1), 1945
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp
• Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3-5
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2013). Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719265 on 2013-08-29