Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Liotiidae.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. 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 <small>Powell, 1940</small>
- Munditia aupouria <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Munditia daedala <small>(A. Adams, 1863)</small>
- Munditia delicatula <small>Powell, 1940</small>
- Munditia echinata <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Munditia gaudens <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1912)</small>
- Munditia hedleyi <small>(Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)</small>
- Munditia manawatawhia <small>Powell, 1937</small>
- Munditia mayana <small>(Tate, 1899)</small>
- Munditia meridionalis <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1912)</small>
- Munditia owengaensis <small>Powell, 1933</small>
- â Munditia proavita <small>Laws, 1936</small>
- Munditia serrata <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>
- Munditia subquadrata <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1878)</small>
- Munditia suteri <small>(Mestayer, 1919)</small>
- Munditia tasmanica <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1875)</small>
- Munditia tryphenensis <small>Powell, 1926</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Munditia immaculata <small>Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877</small>: synonym of Munditia subquadrata <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1878)</small>
- Munditia siderea <small>Angas, G.F., 1865</small>: synonym of Munditia tasmanica <small>(Tenison-Woods, 1875)</small>
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. 1âÂÂ408
- 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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