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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Images: Metaxia solitaria B.A. Marshall, 1979
Holotype, collected 15 Jul 1962, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.020809). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> solitaria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Details: Metaxia solitaria B.A. Marshall, 1979
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.6mm, Width 1.5mm
Distribution:
NW of 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.400) 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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