Fautor metivieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]
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| Shell of Fautor metivieri (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Fautor |
| Species: | F. metivieri
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| Fautor metivieri (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References edit
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Fautor metivieri (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881004 on 2018-12-28
- Vilvens, C., 2009. New species and new records of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia and Solomon Islands. Novapex 10(4): 125-163