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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> duplicarinata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940
Images: Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, dredged in 91 metres, between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA72092). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> duplicarinata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Mendax duplicarinata Powell, 1940
Details: Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4mm
Distribution:
Northland East Coast to Three Kings Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. Sep/1979 Additional dextral triphorids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(3) (p.398)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.134)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.232) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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