Metzgeria problematica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]
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| Species: | M. problematica
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| Metzgeria problematica (Ponder, 1968)[1]
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Vexillum (Latiromitra) problematicum Ponder, 1968 | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs off the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.