Metaxia metaxa
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419910 on 2026-08-27
created: 2009-10-06T14:38:14Z
modified: 2020-06-06T18:15:04Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
class: Gastropoda
family: Triphoridae
genus: Metaxia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42.
name published in: Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922].
name published in: Fernandes F. & Rolán E. (1988). A familia Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) no arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 11: 17-32.
name published in: Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193.
name published in: Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18.
name published in: Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. Journal of Conchology. 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1869). Description d'espèces nouvelles de la Méditerranée. Journal de Conchyliologie. 7 (3): 274–277; pl. XIII, figs1–3 [July 16th, 1869].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
name published in: Tiberi, N. (1863). Description d'especes nouvelles de la Mer Mediterranee. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11: 158-160, pl. 6.
name published in: Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1929). Two new Cerithiopsidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Socierty of London. 18(6): 264.
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1823-1831
name published in year: 1988
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1897-1898
name published in year: 1893-1894
name published in year: 1869
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1863
name published in year: 1929
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 138572
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
specific epithet: metaxa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted