Munditia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Liotiidae.
Distribution This marine genus occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.Australian Faunal Directory: Munditia 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 anomala Powell, 1940 Munditia aupouria Powell, 1937 Munditia daedala (A. Adams, 1863) Munditia delicatula Powell, 1940 Munditia echinata Powell, 1937 Munditia gaudens (Melvill & Standen, 1912) Munditia hedleyi (Prichard & Gatliff, 1899) Munditia manawatawhia Powell, 1937 Munditia mayana (Tate, 1899) Munditia meridionalis (Melvill & Standen, 1912) Munditia owengaensis Powell, 1933 †Munditia proavita Laws, 1936 Munditia serrata (Suter, 1908) Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878) Munditia suteri (Mestayer, 1919) Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875) Munditia tryphenensis Powell, 1926
Species brought into synonymy Munditia immaculata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877: synonym of Munditia subquadrata (Tenison-Woods, 1878) Munditia siderea Angas, G.F., 1865: synonym of Munditia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
References
Cotton, B. C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide. : W.L. Hawes. 449 pp., 1 pl. Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408 Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links Genus Munditia, Finlay; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961