Mendax (gastropod)

Mendax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Mendax
Finlay, 1948
Species

See text.

Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Mendax include:

  • Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978
  • Mendax marginata (Suter, 1908)
  • Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978
  • Mendax subapicina (Dell, 1956)
  • Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002
  • Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
  • Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978

References

  1. 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
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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


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