''Metalycaeus'' is a

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land snails with an operculum,

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the family

Alycaeidae Alycaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). ...

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Species

* '' Metalycaeus aborensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus anas'' Páll-Gergely & A. Reischütz, 2021 * '' Metalycaeus aries'' Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2021 * '' Metalycaeus awalycaeoides'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus beddomei'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus bhutanensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus bicarinatus'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2021 * '' Metalycaeus brahma'' (Godwin-Austen, 1886) * '' Metalycaeus burtii'' (Godwin-Austen, 1874) * '' Metalycaeus caroli'' (O. Semper, 1862) * '' Metalycaeus crenulatus'' (Benson, 1859) * '' Metalycaeus cyphogyrus'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895) * '' Metalycaeus dikrangensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus distinctus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1893) * '' Metalycaeus godwinausteni'' Páll-Gergely, 2020 * '' Metalycaeus heudei'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Metalycaeus hirasei'' (Pilsbry, 1900) * '' Metalycaeus hungerfordianus'' (G. Nevill, 1881) * '' Metalycaeus ibex'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus inflatus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1874) * '' Metalycaeus kamakiaensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus laevis'' (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909) * '' Metalycaeus laosensis'' Páll-Gergely, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus latecostatus'' (Möllendorff, 1882) * '' Metalycaeus libonensis'' (D.-N. Chen, D.-H. Li & T.-C. Luo, 2003) * '' Metalycaeus lohitensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus luyorensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus macgregori'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus magnificus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus minatoi'' Páll-Gergely, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus muciferus'' (Heude, 1885) * '' Metalycaeus mundulus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus nipponensis'' (Reinhardt, 1877) * '' Metalycaeus oakesi'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus oharai'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus okuboi'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017 * '' Metalycaeus panggianus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus physis'' (Benson, 1859) * '' Metalycaeus polygonoma'' (W. T. Blanford, 1862) * '' Metalycaeus prosectus'' (Benson, 1857) * '' Metalycaeus pygmachos'' Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2021 * '' Metalycaeus quadrasi'' (Möllendorff, 1895) * '' Metalycaeus rathouisianus'' (Heude, 1882) * '' Metalycaeus rotundatus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus rubinus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1893) * '' Metalycaeus rugosus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus satsumanus'' (Pilsbry, 1902) * '' Metalycaeus semperi'' Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2019 * '' Metalycaeus sibbumensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus sinensis'' (Heude, 1882) * '' Metalycaeus stylifer'' (Benson, 1857) * '' Metalycaeus subinflatus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus suhajdai'' Páll-Gergely, 2020 * '' Metalycaeus teriaensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus tomotrema'' (Möllendorff, 1887) * '' Metalycaeus toruputuensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus varius'' (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905) * '' Metalycaeus vesica'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus vinctus'' (Pilsbry, 1902) * '' Metalycaeus yamneyensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914) * '' Metalycaeus zayuensis'' (W.-H. Zhang, W.-H. Chen & W.-H. Zhou, 2008) ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Metalycaeus elevatus'' (Heude, 1886): synonym of '' Dicharax elevatus'' (Heude, 1886) (unaccepted combination) * ''Metalycaeus kengtungensis'' (Godwin-Austen, 1914): synonym of '' Metalycaeus heudei'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) (junior synonym)

References

External links

Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Notices of new Japanese land snails. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 381-384.

Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis.

Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. ZooKeys. 981: 1–220.
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