Metulella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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| Shell of Metulella columbellata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Metulella Gabb, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| † Metulella fusiformis Gabb, 1873 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Metulella include:
- Metulella columbellata (Dall, 1889)[2]
- † Metulella fusiformis Gabb, 1873
- † Metulella venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
References edit
- ^ a b Metulella. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/17/10.
- ^ Metulella columbellata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4-21.
External links edit
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