Metaxia taeniolata ( Dall, 1889 )

Fernandes, Maurício Romulo, 2024, Triphoridae (Gastropoda) from Martinique sampled by the MADIBENTHOS expedition, with notes on shallow-water species from Guadeloupe, Zoosystema 46 (18), pp. 457-503 : 474

Metaxia taeniolata ( Dall, 1889)

( Figs 2E ; 19A, B )

Cerithiopsis metaxae var. taeniolata Dall, 1889: 256 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guadeloupe. KARUBENTHOS 1 • 1 sh [previously identified as M. rugulosa ]; sta. GB08; MNHN • 1 sh [idem]; sta. GD10; MNHN • 1 sh [idem]; sta. GD31; MNHN. Martinique. MADIBENTHOS. ‘Nord Atlantique’ • 1 spm; sta. AD261; MNHN • 1 sh; sta. AD275; MNHN • 1 sh; sta. AS552; MNHN. — ‘Nord Caraibe’ • 1 sh; sta. AS572; MNHN.

BATHYMETRIC DISTRIBUTION. — Recorded depth in Guadeloupe: 17- 85 m. Recorded depth in Martinique: 18-80 m (live specimen at 80 m). Previous recorded depth in the West Atlantic: 4-101 m ( Fernandes & Pimenta 2020).

Figures

FIG. 2. — Triphoridae Gray,1847 from Martinique - cont.:A, Latitriphora albida (A. Adams,1854),MNHN,sta.AB149,4.0 mm;B, Marshallora cf. modesta (C. B. Adams, 1850), MNHN, sta. AB150, 4.3 mm; C, Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991, MNHN, sta. AB123, 3.6 mm; D, Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850), MNHN, sta. AD265, 6.3 mm; E, Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889), MNHN, sta. AD261, 5.5 mm; F, Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889), MNHN, sta. AS576, 9.5 mm; G, Nototriphora decorata (C. B. Adams,1850), MNHN, sta.AB390, 6.8 mm; H, Sagenotriphora osclausum (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés,1995),MNHN,sta. AS565, 3.4 mm; I, Similiphora intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850), MNHN, sta. AD067, 5.6 mm; J, Similiphora sp., MNHN, sta. AS552, 5.1 mm. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIG. 19. — Live triphorids from Martinique and Guadeloupe (marked with asterisk): A, B, Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889), MNHN, sta. AD261; C-F, Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889), MNHN, sta. GD21 (C), AB185 (D), AR461 (E, F); G, H, Nanaphora leei Fernandes & Pimenta, 2015, MNHN, sta. AB400 (G), AB419 (H); I, Nanaphora cf. verbernei (Moolenbeek & Faber, 1989), MNHN, sta. AB149. Credits: MNHN team.