Montfortista excentrica
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| taxon = Montfortista excentrica
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| authority = (Iredale, 1929)
| synonyms = *Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
- Montfortia excentrica Iredale, 1929
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Montfortista excentrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585828 on 2012-12-31McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427.
Description
The size of the shell typically varies between six and eighteen millimetres.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Central Indo-West Pacific; off Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
References
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- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
External links
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585828 World Register of Marine Species]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=6714|title=Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1929
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