Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Pseudolivoidea > Family Ptychatractidae > Genus Metzgeria

Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys in Wyville Thomson, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metzgeria*	Norman, 1879	accepted genus name
*Meyeria*	Dunker & Metzger, 1874	later homonym
*Meyeria*	Dunker & Metzger, 1874	synonym

Species group names

*Lathyrus albellus*	Dunker & Metzger, 1874	synonym
*Latirus albus*	Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873	synonym
*Meyeria pusilla*	M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1878	synonym

Literature

original description	Wyville Thomson C. (1873). The depths of the sea. London, Macmillan pp. 527:
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Kantor Y. (2010). Checklist of Ptychatractidae. pers. com.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Kantor, Y.; Gofas, S. (2014). Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys in Wyville Thomson, 1873). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141852