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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: HEMITOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Hemitominae (Subfamily)
> Montfortula (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plagiorhytis P. Fischer, 1885
=Variegemarginula McLean, 2011
Synonymised Names:
=Montfortula rugosa of authors not Quoy & Gaimard
Images: Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
In rock pools, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 11mm
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70487). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, NZ (MA15237). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury, NZ (MA15237). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: HEMITOMINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Hemitominae (Subfamily)
> Montfortula (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Plagiorhytis P. Fischer, 1885
=Variegemarginula McLean, 2011
Synonymised Names:
=Montfortula rugosa of authors not Quoy & Gaimard
Details: Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
Size/Grows to:
Length 12mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Wellington, Kaikoura, Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2003 Four Limpets - Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Cookia, 15 (p.20)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1996 Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9 (p.13)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.38)
  • Feb/1977 Montfortula rugosa, Poirieria, 8(6)
  • Mar/1974 Notes of Interest: Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard), Poirieria, 7(3) (p.44)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.235) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil