Munditia (gastropod)

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Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Liotiidae.[2]

Munditia
Munditia subquadrata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Genus: Munditia
Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Liotina tryphenensis Powell, A.W.B., 1926

Distribution

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This marine genus occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.[3] Some species are endemic to New Zealand. Munditia meridionalis occurs in subantarctic waters off the South Orkney Islands and the South Shetland Islands

Species

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Species within the genus Munditia include:

 
Munditia subquadrata, ventral view
Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Finlay 1926, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 57, 363.
  2. ^ Munditia Finlay, 1926. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
  3. ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia
  4. ^ Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  5. ^ Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • 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
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