Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mendax Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391136 on 2012-06-15
Species Species in the genus Mendax include: Mendax barbarae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017 Mendax denatalis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017 † Mendax disparilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992 Mendax marginatus (Suter, 1908) Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002 Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002 Mendax odhneri (A. W. B. Powell, 1927) Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002 Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002 Mendax rufulus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013 Mendax samadiae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021 Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978 Mendax spiritussanctis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013 Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956) Mendax tenuicostatus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017 Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002 Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
Species brought into synonymy Mendax attenuatispira Powell, 1937: synonym of Trituba (Paramendax) attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) represented as Trituba attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940: synonym of Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) (original combination) Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978: synonym of Cerithiella hebetata (B. A. Marshall, 1978) (superseded combination) Mendax nucleoproducta Dell, 1956: synonym of Cerithiella nucleoproducta (Dell, 1956) (original combination) Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978: synonym of Onchodia trizonaloides (B. A. Marshall, 1978) (superseded combination)
References
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 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 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120