Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991

Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Zootaxa 5088 (1), pp. 1-216 : 68-69

Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991

Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991: 83 .

Type locality. Jamaica .

Type material. MCZ 1777150 , holotype .

Distribution. ABC–Islands (de Jong & Coomans 1988; Sevilla et al. 2003; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Antigua ( Zhang 2011), Bahamas ( Redfern 2001; Dowgiallo 2004; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Redfern 2013), Belize ( Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011), Brazil ( Rios 1970; Rios 1975; Rios 1985; Leal 1991; Rios 1994; de Barros et al. 2002; Sevilla et al. 2003; Absalão et al. 2006; Gomes et al. 2006; Santos et al. 2007; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Rios 2009; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Fernandes & Pimenta 2019a; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Costa Rica ( Robinson & Montoya 1987; Espinosa & Ortea 2001; Sevilla et al. 2003; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Cuba ( Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 1992; Sevilla et al. 2003; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Espinosa et al. 2012; García 2016; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Guadeloupe ( Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2015; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Gulf of Mexico ( Odé 1989; Rosenberg et al. 2009), Jamaica ( Adams 1850; Clench & Turner 1950; Odé 1989; Leal 1991; Sevilla et al. 2003; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Lamy & Pointier 2017), United States, Florida ( Lee 2009; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), United States, Louisiana ( Garcia & Lee 2002; Garcia & Lee 2011; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011), United States, North Carolina ( Odé 1989; Tunnell et al. 2010), United States, Texas ( Parker & Curray 1956; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020).

Remarks. Metaxia excelsa Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991 is introduced as a replacement for Cerithium exile C.B. Adams, 1850 . Records of Odé (1989) and Tunnell (et al. 2010) were misidentifications of Cerithiopsis metaxae var. taeniolata Dall, 1889 (M.R. Fernandes pers.comm.).