Metzgeria problematica

Metzgeria problematica
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)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Vexillum (Latiromitra) problematicum Ponder, 1968

Metzgeria problematica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean

References

1. 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.
2. 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.