WoRMS name details
Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928
850904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:850904)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mestayer, M. K. (1928). A note on Sigapatella terraenovae Peile. A new Montfortula. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 622–624.</em>
page(s): 623 [details]
page(s): 623 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Montfortula lyallensis Mestayer, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850904 on 2025-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Mestayer, M. K. (1928). A note on Sigapatella terraenovae Peile. A new Montfortula. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 622–624.</em>
page(s): 623 [details]
page(s): 623 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Dell, R. K. (1971). The rediscovery of Montfortula (Mollusca: Fissurellidae) in New Zealand. <em>Records of the Dominion Museum 7: 34-41.</em> [details]
status source Marshall, B. A. (1996). Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. <em>Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.</em> 9: 1-85., available online at https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/document/3382 [details] Available for editors
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status source Marshall, B. A. (1996). Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. <em>Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.</em> 9: 1-85., available online at https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/document/3382 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Described from New Zealand, though holotype is certainly mislocalised [details]
