WoRMS taxon details
Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 1880)
141716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141716)
accepted
Species
Bittium abruptum (R. B. Watson, 1880) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerithium abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 15: 119 [details]
page(s): 15: 119 [details]
Type locality contained in Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141716 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 15: 119 [details]
page(s): 15: 119 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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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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. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(1): 161-308., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32803
page(s): 296 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cerithium abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum Watson, 1880; Syntype(s); NMINH:1899.114.136) (from synonym Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To Malacopics (Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 188))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cerithium abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum Watson, 1880; Syntype(s); NMINH:1899.114.136) (from synonym Cerithium (Bittium) abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To Malacopics (Metaxia abrupta (R. B. Watson, 188))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium abruptum R. B. Watson, 1880)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
