Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.[2]
Distribution
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
Species within the genus Munditia include:
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Munditia anomala Powell, 1940
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Munditia aupouria Powell, 1937
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Munditia daedala (A. Adams, 1863)
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Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940
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Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
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Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912)[4]
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Munditia hedleyi (Prichard & Gatliff, 1899)
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Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937
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Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899)
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Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912)[5]
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Munditia owengaensis Powell, 1933
- †Munditia proavita Laws, 1936
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Munditia serrata (Suter, 1908)
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Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
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Munditia suteri (Mestayer, 1919)
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Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
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Munditia tryphenensis Powell, 1926
Munditia subquadrata, ventral view
- 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
