{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hemitoma subemarginata 001.jpg | image_caption = A shell of ''Montfortia subemarginata'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Montfortia | authority = Récluz, 1843{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Hemitoma (Montfortia)'' <small>Récluz, 1843</small> | type_species = ''Emarginula australis'' | type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard 1834 }}
'''''Montfortia''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Montfortia'' Récluz, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527651 on 2012-12-31</ref><ref>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.</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Montfortia'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * † ''Montfortia bikiniensis'' <small>(Ladd, 1966)</small> * ''Montfortia emarginata'' <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small> * ''Montfortia hermosa'' <small>(Lowe, 1935)</small> * ''Montfortia picta'' <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small> * ''Montfortia polygonalis'' <small>(A. Adams, 1852)</small> * ''Montfortia pulchra'' <small>(A. Adams, 1852)</small> * ''Montfortia subemarginata'' <small>(Blainville, 1819)</small>
<br />'''The following species were brought into synonymy:'''<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Montfortia (Hemitoma) cumingii'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1863)</small>: synonym of ''Hemitoma cumingii'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1863)</small> * ''Montfortia excentrica'' <small>Iredale, 1929</small>: synonym of ''Montfortista excentrica'' <small>(Iredale, 1929)</small> * ''Montfortia kirana'' <small>Habe, 1963</small>: synonym of ''Montfortista kirana'' <small>(Habe, 1963)</small> * ''Montfortia panhi'' (Quoy & <small>Gaimard, 1834)</small>: synonym of ''Montfortista panhi'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527651 World Register of Marine Species] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271208 Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261]
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Category:Fissurellidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by César Auguste Récluz
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