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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Montfortula conoidea auct.
   Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Emarginula conoidea Reeve, 1842
   Emarginula aspera Gould, 1846
   Clypidina acuminata A. Adams, 1852
   Clypidina scabricula A. Adams, 1852
   Clypidina stellata A. Adams, 1852
   Emarginula radiata Gould, 1859

Common Name

Rough Notch Limpet p.63      Cotton, B. C. 1959.  
Cap-shaped False Limpet p.52 [as Montfortula conoidea]      McMichael, D.F. 1960.  
Rugose Slit Limpet p90, pl.91B      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

southern Queensland to Geralton, Western Australia

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ among mussels Galeolaria ]

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.63-64, fig. 27 Contains synonymy
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.216 [ as Hemitoma aspera ]  Nomenclatural emendation
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.30 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.30 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.37-38, fig. 51 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.57, pl. 6, fig. 21a-b Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Emarginulinae
                        Montfortula Iredale, 1915
                          Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5898) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-22.