WoRMS taxon details

Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991

419909  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419909)

accepted
Species
Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium exile Eichwald, 1829; Metaxia excelsa is a replacement name
marine
Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (1991). Two new shallow water triphorids and a new name in <i>Metaxia</i> from Florida and the West Indies. <em>Apex.</em> 6(3-4): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530304
page(s): 83 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419909 on 2024-03-29
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original description Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (1991). Two new shallow water triphorids and a new name in <i>Metaxia</i> from Florida and the West Indies. <em>Apex.</em> 6(3-4): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530304
page(s): 83 [details]   

original description  (of Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850) Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 7: 109-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796523 [details]   

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Basic anatomy of species of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 517: 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.517
page(s): 7, figs 2A, 3 [details]   

additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2020). Unraveling one of the 'Big Five': update of the taxonomy of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 665: 1-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.665
page(s): 138 [details]   

redescription Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2011) Taxonomic review of <i>Metaxia</i> (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species. <i>Zoologia</i> 28(6): 819–830. [December 2011], available online at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v28n6/16.pdf [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality