''Metalycaeus'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
land snails with an
operculum,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Alycaeidae
Alycaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Alycaeidae W. T. Blanford, 1864. Accessed thro ...
.
[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]
Species
* ''
Metalycaeus aborensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus anas''
Páll-Gergely & A. Reischütz, 2021
* ''
Metalycaeus aries''
Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2021
* ''
Metalycaeus awalycaeoides''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus beddomei''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus bhutanensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus bicarinatus''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2021
* ''
Metalycaeus brahma''
(Godwin-Austen, 1886)
* ''
Metalycaeus burtii''
(Godwin-Austen, 1874)
* ''
Metalycaeus caroli
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mol ...
''
(O. Semper, 1862)
* ''
Metalycaeus crenulatus
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Benson, 1859)
* ''
Metalycaeus cyphogyrus''
(Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Metalycaeus dikrangensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus distinctus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1893)
* ''
Metalycaeus godwinausteni''
Páll-Gergely, 2020
* ''
Metalycaeus heudei''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
* ''
Metalycaeus hirasei''
(Pilsbry, 1900)
* ''
Metalycaeus hungerfordianus
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(G. Nevill, 1881)
* ''
Metalycaeus ibex
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus inflatus
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1874)
* ''
Metalycaeus kamakiaensis
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus laevis
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
* ''
Metalycaeus laosensis
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
Páll-Gergely, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus latecostatus
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Möllendorff, 1882)
* ''
Metalycaeus libonensis''
(D.-N. Chen, D.-H. Li & T.-C. Luo, 2003)
* ''
Metalycaeus lohitensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus luyorensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus macgregori''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus magnificus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus minatoi''
Páll-Gergely, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus muciferus''
(Heude, 1885)
* ''
Metalycaeus mundulus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus nipponensis''
(Reinhardt, 1877)
* ''
Metalycaeus oakesi''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus oharai''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus okuboi''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2017
* ''
Metalycaeus panggianus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus physis''
(Benson, 1859)
* ''
Metalycaeus polygonoma''
(W. T. Blanford, 1862)
* ''
Metalycaeus prosectus''
(Benson, 1857)
* ''
Metalycaeus pygmachos''
Páll-Gergely & Hunyadi, 2021
* ''
Metalycaeus quadrasi''
(Möllendorff, 1895)
* ''
Metalycaeus rathouisianus''
(Heude, 1882)
* ''
Metalycaeus rotundatus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus rubinus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1893)
* ''
Metalycaeus rugosus
''Metalycaeus'' is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus satsumanus''
(Pilsbry, 1902)
* ''
Metalycaeus semperi''
Páll-Gergely & Auffenberg, 2019
* ''
Metalycaeus sibbumensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus sinensis''
(Heude, 1882)
* ''
Metalycaeus stylifer''
(Benson, 1857)
* ''
Metalycaeus subinflatus''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus suhajdai''
Páll-Gergely, 2020
* ''
Metalycaeus teriaensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus tomotrema''
(Möllendorff, 1887)
* ''
Metalycaeus toruputuensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus varius''
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905)
* ''
Metalycaeus vesica''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus vinctus''
(Pilsbry, 1902)
* ''
Metalycaeus yamneyensis''
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
* ''
Metalycaeus zayuensis''
(W.-H. Zhang, W.-H. Chen & W.-H. Zhou, 2008)
; 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
External links
Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Notices of new Japanese land snails. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 381-384.Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. London, Taylor & Francis.Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. ZooKeys. 981: 1–220.
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