Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Turbinelloidea > Family Ptychatractidae > Genus Metzgeria

Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metzgeria*	Norman, 1879	accepted genus name
*Meyeria*	Dunker & Metzger, 1874	junior homonym

Species group names

*Lathyrus albellus*	Dunker & Metzger, 1874	synonym
*Latirus albus*	Jeffreys, 1873	synonym
*Meyeria pusilla*	M. Sars, 1878	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Kantor, Y. I.; Vinarski, M. V.; Schileyko, A. A.; Sysoev, A. V. (2010). Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories. Version 2.3.1.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141852