Mendax marginatus

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| genus = Mendax

| species = marginatus

| authority = (Suter, 1908)

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  • Cerithiopsis marginata Suter, 1908
  • Specula marginata (Suter, 1908)

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Mendax marginatus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References

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  • 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}}
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058169 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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Category:Cerithiopsidae

Category:Gastropods of New Zealand

Category:Gastropods described in 1908

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