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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Images: Metaxia kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1977
Holotype, collected 1910, off Raoul Island, NZ (M.225922). 4.2mm. © 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)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Details: Metaxia kermadecensis B.A. Marshall, 1977
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.2mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, 22-27 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.222)
  • Marshall, B.A. May/1977 The dextral triforid genus Metaxia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the south-west Pacific, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 4(2) (p.116) 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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