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Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

225377  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225377)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Colubrariidae (Family)
  9. Metula (Genus)
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Genus
Buccinum clathratum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Metula amosi Vanatta, 1913 (type by subsequent designation)
Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antemetula (Colubrarina) Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antimitra Iredale, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colubrarina Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metula (Caseyella) MacNeil, 1984 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Caseyella Cantú-Chapa, 1976 [Cephalopoda].
Metula (Celatoconus) Conrad, 1863 † · alternative representation
Metula (Minitula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973 · alternative representation
Mitromorpha (Antimitra) Iredale, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Metula aegrota (Reeve, 1845)
  2. Species Metula africana Bouchet, 1988
  3. Species Metula agaoensis S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
  4. Species Metula aliceae Harzhauser & Landau, 2024 †
  5. Species Metula amosi Vanatta, 1913
  6. Species Metula andamanica E. A. Smith, 1906
  7. Species Metula angioyorum Parth, 1992
  8. Species Metula blakneyensis MacNeil, 1984 †
  9. Species Metula boettgeri K. Martin, 1906 †
  10. Species Metula bozzettii Parth, 1990
  11. Species Metula bulbiformis Lozouet, 2021 †
  12. Species Metula cheni S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  13. Species Metula clatrata (Báldi, 1966) †
  14. Species Metula crosnieri Bouchet, 1988
  15. Species Metula cumingii A. Adams, 1853
  16. Species Metula daili S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  17. Species Metula daphnelloides Melvill & Standen, 1903
  18. Species Metula deshayesi (Michelotti, 1847) †
  19. Species Metula dockeryi W. K. Emerson, 1993 †
  20. Species Metula ellena Olsson & Bayer, 1972
  21. Species Metula elongata Dall, 1907
  22. Species Metula elongatoides Garvie, 1996 †
  23. Species Metula etelvinae Bozzetti, 2001
  24. Species Metula eureka S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
  25. Species Metula fastidiosa T. L. Casey, 1903 †
  26. Species Metula formosa S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  27. Species Metula fragilis T. L. Casey, 1903 †
  28. Species Metula frausseni Bozzetti, 1995
  29. Species Metula fretensis S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  30. Species Metula gigliottii Coltro, 2005
  31. Species Metula graphii S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  32. Species Metula hiwanneensis Dockery, 1984 †
  33. Species Metula ibbotsoni Ladd, 1977 †
  34. Species Metula inaequilirata (Deshayes, 1865) †
  35. Species Metula inflata (Houbrick, 1984)
  36. Species Metula jonkeri Koperberg, 1931 †
  37. Species Metula kebalan S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  38. Species Metula kerensis Ladd, 1976 †
  39. Species Metula kilburni Parth, 1994
  40. Species Metula koenfrausseni S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  41. Species Metula kovacsi Harzhauser & Landau, 2024 †
  42. Species Metula lacombei Lozouet & van Cuyck, 2025 †
  43. Species Metula lanmeiae S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  44. Species Metula lintea Guppy, 1882
  45. Species Metula liui S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  46. Species Metula ljungkiaw S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024 †
  47. Species Metula major (Grateloup, 1845) †
  48. Species Metula metula (Hinds, 1844)
  49. Species Metula metulina (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
  50. Species Metula minor Olsson & Bayer, 1973
  51. Species Metula mitraeformis (Brocchi, 1814) †
  52. Species Metula mitrella (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  53. Species Metula mitreola (Grateloup, 1834) †
  54. Species Metula moli Landau & Harzhauser, 2024 †
  55. Species Metula mozambicana S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
  56. Species Metula nana Lozouet, 2021 †
  57. Species Metula neptuneiformis MacNeil, 1984 †
  58. Species Metula olssoni Woodring, 1928
  59. Species Metula optima Olsson & Bayer, 1972
  60. Species Metula paohani S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  61. Species Metula parthi Bondarev, 1997
  62. Species Metula pseudomajor Lozouet, 2021 †
  63. Species Metula reticularis Traub, 1938
  64. Species Metula reticulata (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840) †
  65. Species Metula reticulata Garvie, 2013 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  66. Species Metula rivulisensis Lozouet, 2021 †
  67. Species Metula roberti Olsson, 1967 †
  68. Species Metula sansalvador S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  69. Species Metula santoensis Ladd, 1976 †
  70. Species Metula subdecussata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  71. Species Metula subintermedia (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  72. Species Metula sulcata S.-Q. Zhang, J.-L. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2016
  73. Species Metula tenuistriata (Millet, 1865) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Buccinum tenuistriatum Beyrich, 1854)
  74. Species Metula thachi Fraussen & S.-I Huang, 2011
  75. Species Metula tumida (X.-T. Ma & S.-P. Zhang, 2000)
  76. Species Metula vasseuri Cossmann, 1885 †
  77. Species Metula yiruae S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  78. Species Metula zeelandia S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, C.-W. Chu & C.-H. Huang, 2024
  79. Subgenus Metula (Agassitula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973 accepted as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    1. Species Metula (Agassitula) guppyi Olsson & Bayer, 1973 accepted as Bartschia guppyi (Olsson & Bayer, 1973) (original combination)
  80. Subgenus Metula (Caseyella) MacNeil, 1984 † accepted as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Caseyella Cantú-Chapa, 1976 [Cephalopoda].)
    1. Species Metula (Caseyella) blakneyensis MacNeil, 1984 † accepted as Metula blakneyensis MacNeil, 1984 †
    2. Species Metula (Caseyella) hiwanneensis Dockery, 1984 † accepted as Metula hiwanneensis Dockery, 1984 †
    3. Species Metula (Caseyella) neptuneiformis MacNeil, 1984 † accepted as Metula neptuneiformis MacNeil, 1984 †
  81. Subgenus Metula (Daphnobela) Cossmann, 1896 † accepted as Daphnobela Cossmann, 1896 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Metula (Daphnobela) juncea (Solander, 1766) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  82. Subgenus Metula (Floritula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973 † accepted as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    1. Species Metula (Floritula) roberti Olsson, 1967 † accepted as Metula roberti Olsson, 1967 †
  83. Subgenus Metula (Metula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    1. Species Metula (Metula) fastidiosa T. L. Casey, 1903 † accepted as Metula fastidiosa T. L. Casey, 1903 †
    2. Species Metula (Metula) fragilis T. L. Casey, 1903 † accepted as Metula fragilis T. L. Casey, 1903 †
    3. Species Metula (Metula) inflata Dockery, 1984 † accepted as Metula inflata Dockery, 1984 † accepted as Metula dockeryi W. K. Emerson, 1993 †
  84. Species Metula agassizi Clench & Aguayo, 1941 accepted as Bartschia agassizi (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  85. Species Metula anfractura Matthews & Rios, 1968 accepted as Bartschia agassizi (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  86. Species Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975 accepted as Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975) (original combination)
  87. Species Metula canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) accepted as Gaillea canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
  88. Species Metula chetyzecchiae Bozzetti, 1992 accepted as Metula metulina (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
  89. Species Metula clathrata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Metula knudseni Kilburn, 1975 accepted as Metula amosi Vanatta, 1913 (based on junior primary homonym)
  90. Species Metula clathrata Knudsen, 1956 accepted as Metula africana Bouchet, 1988 (secondary homonym of M. clathrata (Adams & Reeve, 1850))
  91. Species Metula fusiformis Clench & Aguayo, 1941 accepted as Manaria fusiformis (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  92. Species Metula gracilis C. W. Johnson, 1899 † accepted as Pseudometula gracilis (C. W. Johnson, 1899) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  93. Species Metula hindsii H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Metula metula (Hinds, 1844) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  94. Species Metula inflata Dockery, 1984 † accepted as Metula dockeryi W. K. Emerson, 1993 † (secondary junior homonym of Metula inflata (Houbrick, 1984); Metula dockeryi is a replacement name)
  95. Species Metula knudseni Kilburn, 1975 accepted as Metula amosi Vanatta, 1913 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Metula rehderi (Kilburn, 1977) accepted as Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
  97. Species Metula significans (Rehder, 1943) accepted as Bartschia significans Rehder, 1943
  98. Species Metula somalica Bozzetti, 1993 accepted as Kanamarua somalica (Bozzetti, 1993) (original combination)
  99. Species Metula turrita (Tate, 1888) † accepted as Cumia turrita (Tate, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  100. Species Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989 accepted as Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
  101. Subgenus Metula (Celatoconus) Conrad, 1863 † represented as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    1. Species Metula (Celatoconus) inaequilirata (Deshayes, 1865) † accepted as Metula inaequilirata (Deshayes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Metula (Celatoconus) subdecussata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Metula subdecussata (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Metula (Celatoconus) subintermedia (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † accepted as Metula subintermedia (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Metula (Celatoconus) vasseuri Cossmann, 1885 † accepted as Metula vasseuri Cossmann, 1885 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  102. Subgenus Metula (Minitula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973 represented as Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
    1. Species Metula (Minitula) minor Olsson & Bayer, 1973 represented as Metula minor Olsson & Bayer, 1973
  103. Species Metula brazosensis C. W. Johnson, 1899 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  104. Species Metula cancellata Gabb, 1873 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  105. Species Metula johnsoni (Vaughan, 1896) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  106. Species Metula subgracilis C. W. Johnson, 1899 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  107. Species Metula trifasciata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
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Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 84. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225377 on 2025-09-10
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2006-03-21 07:53:28Z
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Zamouri, Nedra
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Tran, Bastien
2010-09-29 16:09:11Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2011-08-08 08:32:55Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2014-10-26 14:00:32Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 84. [details] 

original description (of Antimitra Iredale, 1917) Iredale, T. (1917). Molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12(6): 322-330., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770810 [details] 

original description (of Metula (Agassitula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973) Olsson, A. A. & Bayer, F. M. (1973 ["1972"]). American Metulas (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 22(4): 900-925., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1972/00000022/00000004/art00008
page(s): 917 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901) Cossmann M. (1895-1924). <i>Essais de paléoconchologie comparée</i>. Paris, published by the author. Part 1: 1-159, pl. 1-7 [1895]. Part 2: 1-179, pl. 1-8 [1896]. Part 3: 1-201, pl. 1-8 [1899]. Part 4: 1-293, pl. 1-10 [1901]. Part 6: 1-261, pl. 1-7 [1904]. Part 7: 1-261, pl. 1-14 [1906]. Part 8: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1909]. Part 9: 1-248, pl. 1-4 [1912]. Part 10: 1-292, pl. 1-12 [1916]. Part 11: 1-388, pls 1-11 [1918]. Part 12: 1-348, pls 1-10 [1921]. Part 13: 1-345, pls 1-12 [1924]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852875
page(s): Part 4: 123. [details] 

original description (of Antemetula Rehder, 1943) Rehder, H. A. (1943). New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 93(3161): 187-203, pls 19-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294281
page(s): 199. [details] 

original description (of Metula (Floritula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973 †) Olsson, A. A. & Bayer, F. M. (1973 ["1972"]). American Metulas (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 22(4): 900-925., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1972/00000022/00000004/art00008
page(s): 921 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Metula (Minitula) Olsson & Bayer, 1973) Olsson, A. A. & Bayer, F. M. (1973 ["1972"]). American Metulas (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 22(4): 900-925., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1972/00000022/00000004/art00008
page(s): 915 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Antemetula (Colubrarina) Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) Kuroda, T., Habe, T. & Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. pp. i–xix, 1–741 (Japanese), 121 pls., 1–489 (English), 1–51 (index).
page(s): 265(J), 173(E) [details] 

original description (of Metula (Caseyella) MacNeil, 1984 †) MacNeil, F. S.; Dockery III, D. T. (1984). Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. <em>Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey, Bulletin.</em> 124: 1-415, 72 pls.
page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Emerson, W. K. (1986). On the type species of <em>Metula</em> H. & A. Adams, 1853: <i>Buccinum clathratum</i> A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 100(1): 27–30, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277226 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 

additional source Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to <i>Plesiotriton</i> Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to <i>Colubraria</i> Schumacher, 1817. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 54: 1-140. [details] 

subsequent type designation Kobelt, W. (1876-1881). <i>Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch</i>. Bd 1. Lieferung 1: 1-40, pl. 1-10 (November 1876); Lieferung 2: 41-64, pl. 11-20 (November/December 1877); Lieferung 3: 65-88, pl. 21-30 (February/March 1878); Lieferung 4: 89-104, pl. 31-40 (May 1878); Lieferung 5: i-xvi, 105-144, pl. 41-50 (May 1878). Bd 2. Lieferung 6: 145-176, pl. 51-60 (June/July 1879); Lieferung 7/8: 177-264, pl. 61-80 (1879); Lieferung 9: 265-312, pl. 81-90 (September/October 1880); Lieferung 10: 313-344, pl. 91-100 (April 1881); Lieferung 11: 345-392, pl. 101-112 (October 1881). Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11092#/summary
page(s): Vol. 1: 39. [details] 
 
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