Metzgeria problematica

Metzgeria problematica
Shell of Metzgeria problematica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Metzgeria
Species:
M. problematica
Binomial name
Metzgeria problematica
(Ponder, 1968)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Vexillum (Latiromitra) problematicum Ponder, 1968

Metzgeria problematica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean.

References

  • 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.