WoRMS taxon details
Metaxia Monterosato, 1884
138572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138572)
accepted
Genus
Cerithium rugulosum C. B. Adams, 1850 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1855 accepted as Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (type by subsequent designation)
Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
- Species Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 1880)
- Species Metaxia albicephala Kay, 1979
- Species Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Metaxia brunneopunctata Raines, 2024
- Species Metaxia brunnicephala Kay, 1979
- Species Metaxia carinapex van der Linden, 1998
- Species Metaxia convexa (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
- Species Metaxia diadema Bartsch, 1907
- Species Metaxia discus M. Fernandes, 2024
- Species Metaxia duplicarinata (A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
- Species Metaxia elizabethclinghamae Bakker & Swinnen, 2021
- Species Metaxia espinosai Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1992
- Species Metaxia exaltata (A. W. B. Powell, 1930)
- Species Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
- Species Metaxia fuscoapicata Thiele, 1930
- Species Metaxia gongyloskymnus M. Fernandes & Pimenta, 2011
- Species Metaxia hapax van der Linden, 1998
- Species Metaxia kermadecensis B. A. Marshall, 1977
- Species Metaxia maoria (H. J. Finlay, 1930)
- Species Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Species Metaxia polynesica Rehder, 1980
- Species Metaxia prompta Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
- Species Metaxia propinqua Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
- Species Metaxia propria Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008
- Species Metaxia protolineata (Laseron, 1951)
- Species Metaxia quadrata Faber, 2010
- Species Metaxia rapaensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2022
- Species Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Species Metaxia solitaria B. A. Marshall, 1979
- Species Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889)
- Species Metaxia tricarinata (Pease, 1861)
- Species Metaxia vicina (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Species Metaxia bacilla [sic] accepted as Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869) (misspelling of Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869) )
- Species Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
- Species Metaxia incerta F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1988 accepted as Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Species Metaxia metaxae (Delle Chiaje, 1828) accepted as Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (a common incorrect spelling of the specific epithet)
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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138572 on 2025-03-12
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 125 [details]
Other
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
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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 [request]
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
[request]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
[request]
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]
