WoRMS name details
Metaxia metaxae (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
141718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141718)
unaccepted (a common incorrect spelling of the specific epithet)
Species
marine
(of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details]
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia metaxae (Delle Chiaje, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141718 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 222; pl. 49 fig. 29-31 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia.</em> 21: 5-58. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Fernandes F. & Rolán E. (1988). A familia Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) no arquipélago de Cabo Verde. <em>Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia.</em> 11: 17-32., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/6590439 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
