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Metula (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colubrariidae.[1]
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Metula | |
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Shell of Metula africana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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