Montfortista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Bouchet, P. (2012). Montfortista Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585824 on 2012-12-31McLean 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.
Species Species within the genus Montfortista include: Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929) Montfortista kirana (Habe, 1963) Montfortista oldhamiana ((G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
References
External links Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5