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Metalycaeus

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Metalycaeus
Shell of Metalycaeus ibex (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Metalycaeus
Pilsbry, 1900
Synonyms
  • Alycaeus (Metalycaeus) Pilsbry, 1900 (original rank)
  • Alycaeus (Raptomphalus) Godwin-Austen, 1914 (junior synonym)
  • Chamalycaeus (Metalycaeus) Pilsbry, 1900 (unaccepted rank)
  • Chamalycaeus (Raptomphalus) Godwin-Austen, 1914 (junior synonym)

Metalycaeus is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. [1]

Species

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; 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

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039788 on 2021-07-14
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