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

The taxonomy of the species of Metaxia Monterosato, 1884 from Brazil is revised. Previously to this study, only Metaxia excelsa 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 malacolog...

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Main Authors: Maurício Romulo Fernandes, Alexandre Dias Pimenta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2011-12-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702011000600016