Metaphos

Metaphos
Metaphos articulatus shell
Scientific classification
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

Metaphos dejanira shell

Species within the genus Metaphos include:

• Metaphos articulatus (Hinds, 1844) ^[3]
• Metaphos cocosensis (Dall, 1896) ^[3]
• Metaphos dejanira (Dall, 1919) ^[3]
• Metaphos gaudens (Hinds, 1844) ^[3]
• Metaphos laevigatus (A. Adams, 1851) ^[3]
• Metaphos minusculus (Dall, 1917) ^[3]

References

1. Olsson (1964). "Neogene mollusks from north-western Ecuador". Paleont. Res. Inst., Ithaca N.Y.: 154.
2. 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
3. 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

• 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