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Montfortula brevirimata
Shell of Montfortula brevirimata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Hemitominae
Genus:	Montfortula
Species:	M. brevirimata
Binomial name
Montfortula brevirimata (Deshayes, 1862)
Synonyms
Clypidina brevirimata (Deshayes, 1863) Emarginula brevirimata Deshayes, 1862

Montfortula brevirimata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion.

References

1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortula brevirimata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585817 on 2012-12-31
2. 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.

External links

• Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris.
• World Register of Marine Species

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• Fissurellidae
• Gastropods described in 1862
• Fissurellidae stubs