Metula (gastropod)

Metula
Shell of Metula africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Metula
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Buccinum clathratum
A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[1]
  • Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901
  • Agassitula Olsson & Bayer, 1972
  • Antemetula Rehder, 1943
  • Antimitra Iredale, 1917
  • Colubrarina Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
  • Floritula Olsson & Bayer, 1972
  • Minitula Olsson & Bayer, 1972
  • Mitromorpha (Antimitra) Iredale, 1917

Metula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225377 on 1 April 2011