Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Triphoridae

Metaxia Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metaxia abrupta (Watson, 1880)
Metaxia bacillum (Issel, 1869)
Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Literature

original description	Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp.
basis of record	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
additional source	Marshall B. (1977). The dextral triforid genus Metaxia in the south-west Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 4(2): 111-117
subsequent type designation	Crosse H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie 33: 139-142

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Metaxia Monterosato, 1884. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138572