title: Mendax (gastropod)
text: # Mendax (gastropod)
  
  Mendax is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.
  
  ## 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)
  