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Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828)

419910  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419910)

accepted
Species
Cerithiopsis excavata Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cerithiopsis thomensis Tomlin, 1929 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Cerithium crosseanum Tiberi, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Metaxia metaxae (Delle Chiaje, 1828) · unaccepted (a common incorrect spelling of...)  
a common incorrect spelling of the specific epithet
Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia metaxa (Delle Chiaje, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419910 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature

original description (of Metaxia incerta F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1988) Fernandes F. & Rolán E. (1988). A familia Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) no arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 11: 17-32., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/6590439
page(s): 21, pl. 1 fig. 10, pl. 3 figs 11, 14 [details] 

original description (of Cerithiopsis excavata Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 383; pl. 21 fig. 17-19 [details] 

original description (of Cerithiopsis thomensis Tomlin, 1929) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1929). Two new Cerithiopsidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Socierty of London. 18(6): 264. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cerithium benoitianum Monterosato, 1869) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1869). Description d'espèces nouvelles de la Méditerranée. Journal de Conchyliologie. 7 (3): 274–277; pl. XIII, figs1–3 [July 16th, 1869]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662488
page(s): 275-276; pl. 13 fig. 2 [details] 

original description (of Cerithium subcylindricum Brusina, 1865) Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400444
page(s): 17 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details] 

original description (of Metaxia rugulosa var. exilissima Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 125 [details] 

original description (of Cerithiopsis metaxae var. alba J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. Journal of Conchology. 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 260 [details] 

original description (of Cerithium angustissimum Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 190 [details] 

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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.
page(s): 229, pl. 54 figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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