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Species List for Genus: Metaxia
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Triphoroidea (Superfamily) > Triphoridae (Family) > Metaxia (Genus)
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  • Genus: Metaxia

  • Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)
    Height 4mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Northland East Coast to Three Kings Islands
    AE.
  • Metaxia exaltata (Powell, 1930)
    Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands. North Island to Cook Strait
    KACE.
  • Metaxia kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1977
    Height 4.2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Kermadec Islands, 22-27 metres
    KE.
  • Metaxia maoria (Finlay, 1930)
    Height 4.5mm, Width 1.2mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Three Kings Islands to East Cape
    ACE.
  • Metaxia solitaria B.A. Marshall, 1979
    Height 5.6mm, Width 1.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    NW of Three Kings Islands
    AE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil