Montfortula rugosa
Shell of Montfortula rugosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Montfortula
Species:
M. rugosa
Binomial name
Montfortula rugosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Clypidina radiata (Gould, 1859)
  • Clypidina rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Emarginula (Clypidina) radiata Gould, 1859
  • Emarginula aspera Gould, 1846
  • Emarginula cinerea Gould, 1846
  • Emarginula conoidea L. Reeve, 1842
  • Emarginula radiata Gould, 1859
  • Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Subemarginula rugosa Suter, 1913
  • Emarginula stellata A. Adams, 1852
  • Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928
  • Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
  • Montfortula conoidea Reeve, 1842
  • Subemarginula aspera (Gould, 1846)

Montfortula rugosa, common name the cap-shaped false limpet, is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

Montfortula rugosa, a marine species, is found off Australia (from West Australia to South Queensland), Tasmania and New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585815 on 2013-01-19
  • Mestayer, M. K. (1928). A note on Sigapatella terraenovae Peile. A new Montfortula. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 622–624.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427
  • Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.


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