Metaxia

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Metaxia
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Metaxia duplicarinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Metaxia
Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Murex metaxaDelle Chiaje, 1828
Species

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Synonyms

Cerithiopsis (Metaxia)Monterosato, 1884

Metaxia is a genus of minute sea snails with right-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae, which are mostly left-handed in shell-coiling. [1]

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Metaxia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138572 on 2011-03-18