Deep-Sea taxon details
Metaxia Monterosato, 1884
138572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138572)
accepted
Genus
- Species Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
- Species Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
Note Monterosato included in Metaxia two species,...
Type species Monterosato included in Metaxia two species, one of which was Cerithium rugulosum; he attributed that name to Sowerby, implying that he refered to the illustration by Sowerby, 1855, of Adams' Cerithium rugulosum, and Crosse [1885, Journal de Conchyliologie, 33(2): 141] fixed Cerithium rugulosum C.B. Adams, 1850, as type species of Metaxia. However, Metaxia rugulosa (C.B. Adams, 1850) is a Caribbean species, and Monterosato misidentified the Mediterranean Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828) under that name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138572 on 2025-05-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Metaxia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138572 on 2025-05-23
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 125 [details]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (1977). The dextral triforid genus <i>Metaxia</i> in the south-west Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 4 (2): 111-117., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1977.9517944 [details]
additional source Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia.</em> 21: 5-58. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
note: type species fixation under Art. 70.3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 125 [details]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (1977). The dextral triforid genus <i>Metaxia</i> in the south-west Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 4 (2): 111-117., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1977.9517944 [details]
additional source Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia.</em> 21: 5-58. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
note: type species fixation under Art. 70.3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species Monterosato included in Metaxia two species, one of which was Cerithium rugulosum; he attributed that name to Sowerby, implying that he refered to the illustration by Sowerby, 1855, of Adams' Cerithium rugulosum, and Crosse [1885, Journal de Conchyliologie, 33(2): 141] fixed Cerithium rugulosum C.B. Adams, 1850, as type species of Metaxia. However, Metaxia rugulosa (C.B. Adams, 1850) is a Caribbean species, and Monterosato misidentified the Mediterranean Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828) under that name. [details]
