Metanachis

Metanachis
Shell of Metanachis jaspidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Metanachis Thiele, 1924
Type species
Columbella jaspidea G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
Synonyms
Columbella (Metanachis) Thiele, 1924 (original rank)

Metanachis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Species

• Metanachis jaspidea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
• Metanachis laingensis Sleurs, 1985
• Metanachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852)
• Metanachis moleculina (Duclos, 1835)

References

• Thiele, J. (1924). Über die Systematik der Columbelliden. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 56(5): 200–210, pl. 9.

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