Metanachis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Metanachis | |
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Shell of Metanachis jaspidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Metanachis Thiele, 1924 |
Type species | |
Columbella jaspidea G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 | |
Synonyms | |
Columbella (Metanachis) Thiele, 1924 (original rank) |
Species
edit- Metanachis jaspidea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Metanachis laingensis Sleurs, 1985
- Metanachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852)
- Metanachis moleculina (Duclos, 1835)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metanachis Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511302 on 2021-07-14
- Thiele, J. (1924). Über die Systematik der Columbelliden. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 56(5): 200–210, pl. 9.