Munditia (genus)
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Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cyclostrematidae.
The shells are small, but usually solid, discoid, and with combinations of spiral keels and axials. The umbilicus is wide, often with a serrate or crenulated edge. The peristome is continuous, usually heavily variced.
[edit] Distribution
Species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.
[edit] Species within the genus Munditia
- Munditia anomala Powell, 1940
- Munditia aupouria Powell, 1937
- Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940
- Munditia echinata Powell, 1937
- Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937
- Munditia owengaensis Powell, 1933
- Munditia serrata (Suter, 1908)
- Munditia suteri (Mestayer, 1919)
- Munditia tryphenensis Powell, 1926
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
