Metalycaeus

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Metalycaeus
Shell of Metalycaeus ibex (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Metalycaeus
Pilsbry, 1900
Synonyms
  • Alycaeus (Metalycaeus) Pilsbry, 1900 (original rank)
  • Alycaeus (Raptomphalus) Godwin-Austen, 1914 (junior synonym)
  • Chamalycaeus (Metalycaeus) Pilsbry, 1900 (unaccepted rank)
  • Chamalycaeus (Raptomphalus) Godwin-Austen, 1914 (junior synonym)

Metalycaeus is a genus of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Alycaeidae.[1]

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