Metzgeria (gastropod)

Metzgeria
Shell of Metzgeria problematica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Pseudolivoidea
Family:	Ptychatractidae
Genus:	Metzgeria Norman, 1879
Synonyms[1]
Meyeria Dunker & Metzger, 1874

Metzgeria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ptychatractidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Metzgeria include:

• Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873)^[2]
• Metzgeria californica Dall, 1903^[3]
• Metzgeria gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1985^[4]
• Metzgeria holcophorus (Barnard, 1959)
• Metzgeria montereyana Smith & Gordon, 1948^[5]
• Metzgeria problematica'' (Ponder, 1968)^[6]
• Metzgeria shirleyi (Cernohorsky, 1980)

Synonyms

• Metzgeria albella (Dunker & Metzger, 1874): synonym of Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873)
• Metzgeria apodema Bouchet & Talavera, 1981: synonym of Euthriostoma saharicum (Locard, 1897)
• Metzgeria costata (Dall, 1890):^[7] synonym of Latiromitra costata (Dall, 1890)

References

1. Metzgeria Norman, 1879. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
2. Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
3. Metzgeria californica Dall, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
4. Metzgeria gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
5. Metzgeria montereyana Smith & Gordon, 1948. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
6. Metzgeria problematica (Ponder, 1968). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
7. Metzgeria costata (Dall, 1890). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.