Munditia (gastropod)

Munditia
Munditia subquadrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Liotiidae
Subfamily: Liotiinae
Genus: Munditia
Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Liotina tryphenensis Powell, A.W.B., 1926

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:

Munditia subquadrata, ventral view
Species brought into synonymy

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