Metaxia duplicarinata explained

Metaxia duplicarinata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triphoridae.[1] It was first described by Baden Powell in 1940, under the name Mendax duplicarinata. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.

Description

Metaxia duplicarinata has a uniformly glossy white conical shell.[2] The nuclear whorls are slightly angular.[3] The species measures 4mm in height.[4]

It differs from Metaxia maoria by having four instead of five spirals per whorl.[2]

Distribution

The species is Endemic to New Zealand, around Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands and the Bay of Islands.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940) . 2022 . 565196 . Marine Mollusca . 20 October 2022.
  2. Marshall . B. A.. Additional dextral triphorids (Mollusca: gastropoda) from New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Zoology . 6 . 3 . 1979 . 97–404. 10.1080/03014223.1979.10428379 . free .
  3. The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. . Papers Past . Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology . 70 . 1940–41 . 205–261 . Powell . A. W. B. . Baden Powell (malacologist).
  4. Web site: Metaxia duplicarinata . New Zealand Mollusca . 20 November 2022.

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