Vitricythara metria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Vitricythara metria (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Vitricythara |
| Species: | V. metria
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs from North Carolina, USA, Guadeloupe, French Guiana to Colombia.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2013). Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420366 on 2018-02-04
External links
edit- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Vitjazinella multicostata