Metaxia

Metaxia
Metaxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Metaxia
Monterosato, 1884
Species

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Metaxia is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Metaxia are as follows:

  • Metaxia abrupta (Watson, 1880)
  • Metaxia albicephala Kay, 1979
  • Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869)
  • Metaxia brunnicephala Kay, 1979
  • Metaxia carinapex Van der Linden, 1998
  • Metaxia convexa (Carpenter, 1856)
  • Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)
  • Metaxia espinosai Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1992
  • Metaxia exaltata (Powell, 1930)
  • Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
  • Metaxia fuscoapicata Thiele, 1930
  • Metaxia hapax Van der Linden, 1998
  • Metaxia incerta Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
  • Metaxia kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1977
  • Metaxia maoria (Finlay, 1930)
  • Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828)
  • Metaxia polynesica Rehder, 1980
  • Metaxia prompta Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
  • Metaxia propinqua Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
  • Metaxia propria Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
  • Metaxia protolineata (Laseron, 1951)
  • Metaxia quadrata Faber, 2010
  • Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Metaxia solitaria B.A. Marshall, 1979
  • Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889)
  • Metaxia tricarinata (Pease, 1861)
  • Metaxia vicina (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Metaxia metaxae (delle Chiaje, 1828) : synonym of Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Metaxia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138572 on 2011-03-18
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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