| Mendax | |
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| Shell of Mendax rufulus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda | 
| Suborder: | Ptenoglossa | 
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea | 
| Family: | Cerithiopsidae | 
| Genus: | Mendax Finlay, 1948  | 
| Type species | |
| Cerithiopsis trizonalis Odhner, 1924  | |
| Synonyms | |
| 
 Specula (Mendax) Finlay, 1926  | |
Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Mendax include:
- Mendax barbarae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
 - Mendax denatalis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
 - † Mendax disparilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992
 - Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978
 - Mendax marginatus (Suter, 1908)
 - Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002
 - Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002
 - Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002
 - Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002
 - Mendax rufulus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
 - Mendax samadiae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
 - Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978
 - Mendax spiritussanctis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
 - Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
 - Mendax tenuicostatus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
 - Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002
 - Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
 - Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978
 
- Species brought into synonymy
 
- Mendax attenuatispira Powell, 1937: synonym of Trituba (Paramendax) attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) represented as Trituba attenuatispira (Powell, 1937)
 - Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940: synonym of Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) (original combination)
 - Mendax nucleoproducta Dell, 1956: synonym of Cerithiella nucleoproducta (Dell, 1956) (original combination)
 
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mendax Finlay, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391136 on 2012-06-15
 
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
 - Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
 - Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
 
External links
- Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
 - Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120
 
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