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 metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metaxia*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Metaxia metaxae*	(Delle Chiaje, 1828)	orthographic variant
*Cerithiopsis excavata*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Cerithiopsis metaxae*	(Delle Chiaje, 1828)	synonym
*Cerithiopsis metaxae var. alba*	J. T. Marshall, 1893	synonym
*Cerithiopsis thomensis*	Tomlin, 1929	synonym
*Cerithium benoitianum*	Monterosato, 1869	synonym
*Cerithium crosseanum*	Tiberi, 1863	synonym
*Cerithium subcylindricum*	Brusina, 1865	synonym
*Metaxia rugulosa var. exilissima*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177-368.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828). 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:419910