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Metaxia

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Metaxia
Metaxia duplicarinata
Scientific classification
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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
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Metaxia

Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828
Species

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Synonyms

Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884

Metaxia is a genus of minute sea snails with right-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae, which are mostly left-handed in shell-coiling.[1]

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Metaxia bacilla [sic] : synonym of Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869) (misspelling of Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869) )
  • Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
  • Metaxia metaxae (delle Chiaje, 1828) : synonym of Metaxia metaxa (delle Chiaje, 1828)

References

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  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
  • 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. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526; note: type species fixation under Art. 70.3
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