Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Triphoridae > Subfamily Metaxiinae > Genus Metaxia

Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cerithium Bruguière, 1789

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metaxia*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name

Literature

additional source	Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Triphoridae (Gastropoda) from Martinique sampled by the MADIBENTHOS expedition, with notes on shallow-water species from Guadeloupe. Zoosystema. 46(18): 457-503.
additional source	Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Basic anatomy of species of Triphoridae (Gastropoda, Triphoroidea) from Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy. 517: 1-60.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
redescription	Fernandes M.R. & Pimenta A.D. (2011) Taxonomic review of Metaxia (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species. Zoologia 28(6): 819–830. [December 2011]
new combination reference	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419911