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Journal article

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Title

Taxonomic review of Metaxia (Gastropoda: Triphoridae) from Brazil, with description of a new species

Abstract

The taxonomy of the species of Metaxia Monterosato, 1884 from Brazil is revised. Previously to this study, only Metaxia excels Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991 was known to occur in this country, under its older name Metaxia exilis (C.B. Adams, 1850). The review of a large amount of shells in malacological collections in Brazil revealed the occurrence of three known additional species: Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889); Metaxia rugulosa (C.B. Adams, 1850); Metaxia prompta Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2008, all previously reported from the southeast coast of the USA and/or the Caribbean region. Metaxia gongyloskymnus sp. nov., diagnosed by the globose protoconch with continuous axial ribs and microscopic spiral sculpture, is restricted to localities off the Southeastern Brazilian coast.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000299068000016

Bibliographic citation

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. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-46702011000600016

Topic

Marine

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true

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open access

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true