WoRMS taxon details
Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991
419909 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419909)
accepted
Species
Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cerithium exile Eichwald, 1829; Metaxia excelsa is a replacement name
Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850) · unaccepted
marine
Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (1991). Two new shallow water triphorids and a new name in <i>Metaxia</i> from Florida and the West Indies. <em>Apex.</em> 6(3-4): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530304
page(s): 83 [details]
page(s): 83 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419909 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Faber M.J. & Moolenbeek R.G. (1991). Two new shallow water triphorids and a new name in <i>Metaxia</i> from Florida and the West Indies. <em>Apex.</em> 6(3-4): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530304
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850) Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 7: 109-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796523 [details]
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850) Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 7: 109-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796523 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2011) Taxonomic review of <i>Metaxia</i> (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species. <i>Zoologia</i> 28(6): 819–830. [December 2011], available online at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v28n6/16.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> 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 
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additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Basic anatomy of species of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 517: 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.517
page(s): 7, figs 2A, 3 [details]
additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2020). Unraveling one of the 'Big Five': update of the taxonomy of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 665: 1-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.665
page(s): 138 [details]
additional source Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Triphoridae (Gastropoda) from Martinique sampled by the MADIBENTHOS expedition, with notes on shallow-water species from Guadeloupe. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 46(18): 457-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a18
page(s): 472, figs 2C, 18J, L-O [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Basic anatomy of species of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 517: 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.517
page(s): 7, figs 2A, 3 [details]
additional source Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2020). Unraveling one of the 'Big Five': update of the taxonomy of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 665: 1-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.665
page(s): 138 [details]
additional source Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Triphoridae (Gastropoda) from Martinique sampled by the MADIBENTHOS expedition, with notes on shallow-water species from Guadeloupe. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 46(18): 457-503., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a18
page(s): 472, figs 2C, 18J, L-O [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cerithium exile C. B. Adams, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Metaxia exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991)
