''Monterissa'' is a
genus of minute cave
snails with an
operculum,
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Hydrocenidae
Hydrocenidae is a taxonomic family of minute land snails or cave snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha.
Hydrocenidae are widespread across the Palearctis and Africa, but re ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Monterissa'' include:
* ''
Monterissa gowerensis''
References
Australian Faunal Directory info* Iredale, T. 1944. ''The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island.'' The Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334
Hydrocenidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Monotypic gastropod genera
Taxa named by Tom Iredale
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