{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image= Montfortula rugosa (MNHN-IM-2000-4803).jpeg |image_caption= Shell of ''Montfortula rugosa'' |taxon = Montfortula |authority = Iredale, 1915<ref name="Iredale, 1915"/> |type_species = ''Emarginula rugosa'' |type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 |synonyms = * ''Clypidina (Montfortula)'' <small>Iredale, 1915</small> · * ''Plagiorhytis'' <small>Fischer, 1885<ref name="Fischer, 1885"/> non Chaudoir, 1848</small> * ''Subemarginula (Plagiorhytis)'' <small>P. Fischer, 1885</small> * ''Variegemarginula'' <small>J. H. McLean, 2011</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Montfortula''''' is a genus of keyhole limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Emarginulinae of the family Fissurellidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |author=MolluscaBase |year=2018 |title=''Montfortula'' Iredale, 1915 |id=585814 |accessdate=17 April 2017 |db=Marine Mollusca}}</ref>

==Species== {{As of|2024}}, species within the genus ''Montfortula'' include:<ref name="WoRMS"/> * † ''Montfortula aperturata'' <small>Chapman & Gabriel, 1923</small> * ''Montfortula brevirimata'' <small>(Deshayes, 1862)</small> * † ''Montfortula cainozoica'' <small>Chapman & Gabriel, 1923</small> * ''Montfortula chathamensis'' <small>Finlay, 1928</small> * † ''Montfortula fenestrata'' <small>(Deshayes, 1861)</small> * ''Montfortula fujitai'' <small>(Habe, 1953)</small> * † ''Montfortula gemmata'' <small>Chapman & Gabriel, 1923</small> * {{extinct}}''Montfortula kaawaensis'' <small>(Bartrum, 1919)</small> * † ''Montfortula occlusa'' <small>(Tate, 1898)</small> * † ''Montfortula polygonalis'' <small>(Cossmann, 1923)</small> * † ''Montfortula ponderosa'' <small>Chapman & Gabriel, 1923</small> * ''Montfortula punctata'' <small>(A. Adams, 1852)</small> * † ''Montfortula radiola'' <small>(Lamarck, 1803)</small> * ''Montfortula rugosa'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small> * † ''Montfortula squamoidea'' <small>Chapman & Gabriel, 1923</small> * † ''Montfortula thuriensis'' <small>(Chelot, 1886)</small> * ''Montfortula variegata'' <small>(A. Adams, 1852)</small>

;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Montfortula lyallensis'' <small>Mestayer, 1928</small>: synonym of ''Montfortula rugosa'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)</small> * ''Montfortula picta'' <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small>: synonym of ''Montfortia picta'' <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small> * ''Montfortula pulchra'' <small>(Adams, 1852)</small>: synonym of ''Montfortia pulchra'' <small>(A. Adams, 1852)</small>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Iredale, 1915">{{cite journal|last1=Iredale|first1=Tom|title=A Commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca"|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|date=1915|volume=47|pages=433–435|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343733}}</ref>

<ref name="Fischer, 1885">{{citation|mode=cs1|last1=Fischer|first1=Paul|title=Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique|date=1885|publisher=F. Savy|location=Paris|page=860|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13139227|chapter=Classe des Gastropodes|issue=Fasc. IX}}</ref> }}

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}

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Category:Fissurellidae Category:Gastropods of Australia Category:Gastropods of New Zealand Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale

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