''Metaphos'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Nassariidae The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. "Dog whelk" also refers to '' Nucella lapillus''. Shell descripti ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Metaphos Olsson, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490546 on 2020-06-21

Species

Species within the genus ''Metaphos'' include: * '' Metaphos articulatus'' (Hinds, 1844)Bouchet, P. (2016). ''Metaphos'' Olsson, 1964. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490546 on 2017-11-22 * '' Metaphos cocosensis'' (Dall, 1896) * '' Metaphos dejanira'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Metaphos gaudens'' (Hinds, 1844) * '' Metaphos laevigatus'' (A. Adams, 1851) * '' Metaphos minusculus'' (Dall, 1917)

References

* Landau B., Silva C.M. da & Heitz A. (2016). Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Formation, Paraguaná peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389-390: 1-581.

External links

Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
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