Biology:Metaxia duplicarinata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Triphoridae |
| Genus: | Metaxia |
| Species: | M. duplicarinata
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| Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)
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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][5]
References
- ↑ "Metaxia duplicarinata (Powell, 1940)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565196.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marshall, B. A. (1979). "Additional dextral triphorids (Mollusca: gastropoda) from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6 (3): 97–404. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428379.
- ↑ Powell, A. W. B. (1940–41). "The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand.". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology 70: 205–261. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1940-70.2.6.18/2.
- ↑ "Metaxia duplicarinata". http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?taxa=3151.
- ↑ Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W. (1999). "Inner Shelf Mollusca of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and their Depth Distribution". Records of the Auckland Museum 36: 119–140.
Wikidata ☰ Q13848392 entry
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