Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Triphoridae > Subfamily Metaxiinae > Genus Metaxia

Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metaxia*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum*	R. B. Watson, 1880	synonym
*Cerithium abruptum*	R. B. Watson, 1880	synonym

Literature

additional source	Albano, P. G.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Sabelli, B. (2019). Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95(1): 161-308.
redescription	Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia. 21: 5-58.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 1880). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141716

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2022-02-12 by Bruce Marshall

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