WoRMS taxon details
Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873)
141852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141852)
accepted
Species
Lathyrus albellus Dunker & Metzger, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873 · unaccepted
Metzgeria albella (Dunker & Metzger, 1874) · unaccepted
Meyeria pusilla M. Sars, 1878 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873) Wyville Thomson, C. (1873). The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): XX, 464 [details]
page(s): XX, 464 [details]
Distribution 66.58°N; 56.63°W to 0°W
Distribution 66.58°N; 56.63°W to 0°W [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141852 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lathyrus albellus Dunker & Metzger, 1874) Dunker, W.; Metzger, A. (1875). Zoologische Ergebnisse der Nordseefahrt. VIII. Mollusca. <em>Jahresbericht der Commission für Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere.</em> 3: 229-264. [details]
original description (of Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873) Wyville Thomson, C. (1873). The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): XX, 464 [details]
original description (of Meyeria pusilla M. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
original description (of Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873) Wyville Thomson, C. (1873). The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London, 527 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317
page(s): XX, 464 [details]
original description (of Meyeria pusilla M. Sars, 1878) Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
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. , available online at http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2-3-1.pdf [details] Available for editors
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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. , available online at http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2-3-1.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution 66.58°N; 56.63°W to 0°W [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873)
To Malacopics (Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873))
To PESI (from synonym Lathyrus albellus Dunker & Metzger, 1874)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873)
To PESI (from synonym Meyeria pusilla M. Sars, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873)
To Malacopics (Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873))
To PESI (from synonym Lathyrus albellus Dunker & Metzger, 1874)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873)
To PESI (from synonym Meyeria pusilla M. Sars, 1878)
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