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Metalycaeus

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|authority =Pilsbry, 1900

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  • 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)

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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 Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039788 on 2021-07-14

Species

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{{div col end}}; 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

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External links

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24694261 Pilsbry, H. A. (1900). Notices of new Japanese land snails. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 381-384.]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144 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.]
  • [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53583/ 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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Category:Alycaeidae