Vitricythara metria

Vitricythara metria
Shell of Vitricythara metria (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Vitricythara
Species:	V. metria
Binomial name
Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
Acmaturris metria (Dall, 1903) Agathotoma metria (Dall, 1903) Cythara metria Dall, 1903 (original combination) Cythara micromeris Dall, W.H., 1903 Pyrgocythara metria (Dall, 1903)

Vitricythara metria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from North Carolina, USA, Guadeloupe, French Guiana to Colombia.^[citation needed]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2013). Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420366 on 2018-02-04

External links

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Vitjazinella multicostata