Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Mendax include:
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Mendax barbarae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
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Mendax denatalis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
- † Mendax disparilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992
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Mendax hebetatus Marshall, 1978
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Mendax marginatus (Suter, 1908)
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Mendax mascarenensis Jay & Drivas, 2002
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Mendax metivieri Jay & Drivas, 2002
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Mendax penneyi Jay & Drivas, 2002
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Mendax ribesae Jay & Drivas, 2002
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Mendax rufulus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
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Mendax samadiae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
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Mendax seilaformis Marshall, 1978
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Mendax spiritussanctis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
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Mendax subapicinus (Dell, 1956)
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Mendax tenuicostatus Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
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Mendax theodosiae Jay & Drivas, 2002
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Mendax trizonalis (Odhner, 1924)
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Mendax trizonaloides Marshall, 1978
- Species brought into synonymy
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Mendax attenuatispira Powell, 1937: synonym of Trituba (Paramendax) attenuatispira (Powell, 1937) represented as Trituba attenuatispira (Powell, 1937)
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Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940: synonym of Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) (original combination)
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Mendax nucleoproducta Dell, 1956: synonym of Cerithiella nucleoproducta (Dell, 1956) (original combination)
References
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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.
