Montfortula rugosa

Montfortula rugosa
	Shell of Montfortula rugosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
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.

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

^ 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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Montfortula rugosa

Shell of Montfortula rugosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
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)