Metzgeria (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Metzgeria is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Ptychatractidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Ptychatractidae
Ptychatractidae
Ptychatractidae is a taxonomic family sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Ptychatractidae has no subfamilies.- Genera :...
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Species
Species within the genus Metzgeria include:- Metzgeria albaMetzgeria albaMetzgeria alba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
(Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873) - Metzgeria californicaMetzgeria californicaMetzgeria californica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
Dall, 1903 - Metzgeria costataMetzgeria costataMetzgeria costata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
(Dall, 1890) - Metzgeria gageiMetzgeria gageiMetzgeria gagei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
Bouchet & Warén, 1985 - Metzgeria montereyanaMetzgeria montereyanaMetzgeria montereyana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
Smith & Gordon, 1948 - Metzgeria problematicaMetzgeria problematicaMetzgeria problematica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
(Ponder, 1968)