• Montfortula Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497 [Date published 12 July 1915] [433].

  Type species:

   Emarginula rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 by original designation.
• Plagiorhytis Fischer, P. 1885. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivant et fossiles. Paris : F. Savy Vol. 9 pp. 785-896. [860] [junior homonym; not Plagiorhytis Chaudoir, 1848 [Coleoptera]].

  Type species:

   Emarginula stellata A. Adams, 1851 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Indo-Malaysia to Solomon Islands

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Aktipis, S.W., Boehm, E. & Giribet, G. 2011. Another step towards understanding the slit-limpets (Fissurellidae, Fissurelloidea, Vetigastropoda, Gastropoda): a combined five-gene molecular phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 40(3): 238-259

McLean, 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 [417, figs 6, 7, 24, 25]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I227] (as subgenus of Clypidina)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57]

History of changes

• Emarginula cumingii Adams, A. & Sowerby, G.B. 1863. Monographs of the genera Cemoria, Cranopsis, Zeidora, Rimula, Emarginula, Scutus & Tugalia. 207-226, pls 245-249 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Thesaurus Conchyliorum. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [217, pl. 247, fig. 76].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Montfortula cumingii (Sowerby, 1863).
• Subemarginula cumingii (Sowerby, 1863). —
  Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [478]
• Hemitoma cumingii (Sowerby, 1863). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [53]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Thuis species was described as from "Australia", and the only subsequent literature reference is by Hedley (1907) who listed it from Mast Head Island, Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [478]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [56] (As )

History of changes

• Emarginula pulchra Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [85].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Isle of Camaguan, Philippines, on exposed rocks , low water.

Generic Combinations

• Montfortula pulchra (A. Adams, 1852). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57, pl. 6, fig. 23]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific. The Australian Museum collection holds specimens from the following ranges: WA: Recherce Archipelago (C.414228) northwards to Broome (C.414593).. NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin (c.372190) eastwards to Gove Peninsula (C.414550). QUEENSLAND: Lizard Island (C.414592) southwards to Caloundra (C.415568)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In oyster zone (Wilson, 1993)

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [42, sp. G153]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57, pl. 6, fig. 23]

History of changes

• Emarginula rugosa Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [331, pl. 68, figs 17-18].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, King George's Sound [Western Australia].
• Emarginula conoidea Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 140, fig. 7].
• Emarginula aspera Gould, A.A. 1846. Otia Conchologica, descriptions of shells and mollusks from 1839 to 1862. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 1-256 [154].
• Clypidina acuminata Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [88].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Clypidina scabricula Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [88].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Clypidina stellata Adams, A. 1852. A catalogue of the species of Emarginula, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Fissurellidae; in the Collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 82-92 [87].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Emarginula radiata Gould, A.A. 1859. Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 40-166 [163].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sydney Harbour.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [708]
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [63-64]

Generic Combinations

• Montfortula conoidea (Reeve, 1842). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [30]
• Montfortula rugosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [37, fig. 51]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [57, pl. 6, figs 21a-b]
  McLean, 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 [417]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Among mussels and Galeolaria

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [63-64, fig. 27]

Dell, R.K. 1971. The rediscovery of Montfortula (Mollusca: Fissurellidae) in New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 7(5): 37-41

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [216] (as Hemitoma aspera)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [30]

Common Name References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [63] (Rough Notch Limpet)

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [52] (as Montfortula conoidea) (Cap-shaped False Limpet)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [90, pl. 91B] (Rugose Slit Limpet)

History of changes