Metula (gastropod)

Metula  is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colubrariidae.

Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 61.7 to 0.781 million years ago).

Species
Species in the genus Metula  include:


 * Metula aegrota (Reeve, 1845)
 * Metula africana Bouchet, 1988
 * Metula agaoensis S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
 * Metula amosi Vanatta, 1913
 * Metula andamanica Smith, 1906
 * Metula angioyorum Parth, 1992
 * Metula bozzettii Parth, 1990
 * Metula crosnieri Bouchet, 1988
 * Metula cumingi A. Adams, 1853
 * Metula daphnelloides Melville & Standen, 1903
 * Metula ellena Olsson & Bayer, 1972
 * Metula elongata Dall, 1907
 * Metula etelvinae Bozzetti, 2001
 * Metula eureka S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
 * Metula frausseni Bozzetti, 1995
 * Metula gigliottii Coltro, 2005
 * Metula inflata (Houbrick, 1984)
 * Metula kilburni Parth, 1994
 * Metula knudseni Kilburn, 1975
 * Metula lintea Guppy, 1882
 * Metula metula (Hinds, 1844)
 * Metula metulina (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
 * Metula minor Olsson & Bayer, 1972
 * Metula mitrella (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
 * Metula mozambicana S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
 * Metula olssoni Woodring, 1928
 * Metula optima Olsson & Bayer, 1972
 * Metula parthi Bondarev, 1997
 * Metula reticularis Traub, 1938
 * Metula sulcata S.-Q. Zhang, J.-L. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2016
 * Metula thachi Fraussen & S.-I. Huang, 2011
 * Metula tumida Xiutong & Suping, 2000


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Metula agassizi Clench & Aguayo, 1941: synonym of Bartschia agassizi (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) (original combination)
 * Metula anfractura Matthews & Rios, 1968 : synonym of Bartschia agassizi (Clench & Aguayo, 1941)
 * Metula boswellae Kilburn, 1975 : synonym of Kanamarua boswellae (Kilburn, 1975) (original combination)
 * Metula canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) : synonym of Gaillea canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944)
 * Metula chetyzecchiae Bozzetti, 1992 : synonym of Metula metulina (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
 * Metula clathrata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) : synonym of Metula knudseni Kilburn, 1975 (based on junior primary homonym)
 * Metula clathrata Knudsen, 1956 : synonym of Metula africana Bouchet, 1988 (secondary homonym of M. clathrata (Adams & Reeve, 1850))
 * Metula fusiformis Clench & Aguayo, 1941 : synonym of Manaria fusiformis (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) (original combination)
 * Metula guppyi Olsson & Bayer, 1972 : synonym of Bartschia guppyi (Olsson & Bayer, 1972) (original combination)
 * Metula hindsii H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 : synonym of Metula metula (Hinds, 1844) (unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum metula, established to avoid tautonymy)
 * Metula rehderi (Kilburn, 1977) : synonym of Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
 * Metula significans (Rehder, 1943) : synonym of Bartschia significans Rehder, 1943
 * Metula somalica Bozzetti, 1993 : synonym of Kanamarua somalica (Bozzetti, 1993) (original combination)
 * Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989 : synonym of Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973