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Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> exaltata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Seilarex exaltatus Powell, 1930
Images: Metaxia exaltata (Powell, 1930)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Tryphena Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72140). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TRIPHORIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Triphoridae (Family)
> Metaxia (Genus)
> exaltata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Seilarex exaltatus Powell, 1930
Details: Metaxia exaltata (Powell, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, King Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island and far northern South Island, from 0-310m
Type Data:
  • 9-11 metres, Tryphena Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.135)
  • 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.113)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water Dredgings, Part 1, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.538) Original Description

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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