| Metaphos | |
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| Metaphos articulatus shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Metaphos Olsson, 1964 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Phos chelonia Dall, 1917 | |
Metaphos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae. [2]
Species within the genus Metaphos include:
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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.
Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a taxonomic family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade.
Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks.
Solariellidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea.
Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula), hat snails (Calyptraea), spiny slipper snails (Bostrycapulus), and cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum) as well as Crepipatella, Siphopatella, Grandicrepidula, and Maoricrypta.
Clea is a genus of freshwater snails with opercula, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae, a family, almost all of the rest of which are marine.
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Alia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Tritia lima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.
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Engoniophos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily of the family Nassariidae.
Nassarius johni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
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Northia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Photinae of the family Nassariidae.
Cruziturricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
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Oligohalinophila is a genus of freshwater snails with opercula, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae. It is one of few freshwater species in this family, which is a predominately marine family.
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