| Metzgeria problematica | |
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| Shell of Metzgeria problematica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pseudolivoidea |
| Family: | Ptychatractidae |
| Genus: | Metzgeria |
| Species: | M. problematica |
| Binomial name | |
| Metzgeria problematica (Ponder, 1968) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vexillum (Latiromitra) problematicum Ponder, 1968 | |
Metzgeria problematica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.
Distribution
This species occurs off the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean
References
- Ponder, W. F. 1968. Nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand rachiglossan gastropods with descriptions of five new species. Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(4):29–47.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ Metzgeria problematica (Ponder, 1968). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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| Metzgeria problematica | |
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