Metula cumingi

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Metula cumingi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Metula
Species:
M. cumingi
Binomial name
Metula cumingi
A. Adams, 1853

Metula cumingi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae, the true whelks. [1]

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References

  1. Metula cumingi A. Adams, 1853 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.