Montfortula

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

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

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