Montfortula

Montfortula is a genus of keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Emarginulinae of the family Fissurellidae.^[2]

Montfortula
Shell of Montfortula rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Hemitominae
Genus:	Montfortula Iredale, 1915[1]
Type species
Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms[2]
Clypidina (Montfortula) Iredale, 1915 · Plagiorhytis Fischer, 1885[3] non Chaudoir, 1848 Subemarginula (Plagiorhytis) P. Fischer, 1885 Variegemarginula J. H. McLean, 2011

Species

As of 2024^[update], species within the genus Montfortula include:^[2]

• † Montfortula aperturata Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
• Montfortula brevirimata (Deshayes, 1862)
• † Montfortula cainozoica Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
• Montfortula chathamensis Finlay, 1928
• † Montfortula fenestrata (Deshayes, 1861)
• Montfortula fujitai (Habe, 1953)
• † Montfortula gemmata Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
• †Montfortula kaawaensis (Bartrum, 1919)
• † Montfortula occlusa (Tate, 1898)
• † Montfortula polygonalis (Cossmann, 1923)
• † Montfortula ponderosa Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
• Montfortula punctata (A. Adams, 1852)
• † Montfortula radiola (Lamarck, 1803)
• Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• † Montfortula squamoidea Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
• † Montfortula thuriensis (Chelot, 1886)
• Montfortula variegata (A. Adams, 1852)

Species brought into synonymy

• Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928: synonym of Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Montfortula picta (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Montfortia picta (Dunker, 1860)
• Montfortula pulchra (Adams, 1852): synonym of Montfortia pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)