Mendax marginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Cerithiopsidae
Genus:
Mendax
Species:
M. marginatus
Binomial name
Mendax marginatus
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Cerithiopsis marginata Suter, 1908
  • Specula marginata (Suter, 1908)

Mendax marginatus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mendax marginata (Suter, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591964 on 2012-06-15
  • 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

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Suter H. (1908). Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 22-42, pls 2-3


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