Cerithiopsis merignacensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922

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 : 114-115

† Cerithiopsis merignacensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922

Cerithiopsis merignacensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922: 294 , pl. 6, fig. 77–80.

Metaxia merignacensis ( Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922) — Lozouet 1999: 21.

Type locality. France, Mérignac (le Pontic).

Type stratum. Miocene, Aquitanian.

Type material. Type material not located so far.

Distribution. France ( Cossmann & Peyrot 1922; Lozouet et al. 2001).

Geological age. Miocene ( Cossmann & Peyrot 1922; Lozouet et al. 2001).

(†) Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828

Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828: 222 .

Cerithium metaxa ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Wood 1848: 71, pl. 8, fig. 6, 6a.

Cerithiopsis metaxa ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Jeffreys 1885: 119, pl. 118, fig. 18, pl. 120, fig. 9–10.

Cerithiopsis metaxae ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Friedberg 1914: 306, pl. 18, fig. 20–21.

Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) rugulosa metaxae ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Strausz 1966: 167, pl. 8, fig. 21.

Cerithiopsis (Metaxia) metaxae ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Baluk 1975: 160, pl. 19, fig. 15–16.

Metaxia metaxae ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Bouchet 1985: 15, fig. 14, 18.

Metaxia metaxa ( Delle Chiaje, 1828) — Dowgiallo 2004: 192

Type locality. Italy, Napoli.

Neotype type locality. France, Corsica, Calvi.

Type material. MNHN-IM-2000-702, neotype. Holotype lost ( Bouchet 1985).

Distribution. Bahamas ( Dowgiallo 2004), Belgium ( Marquet 1996), Cape Verde ( Fernandes & Rolán 1988; Fernandes & Rolán 1991; van der Linden 1998; Rolán 2005), Croatia ( Romani et al. 2018), Cuba ( Rosenberg et al. 2009), France ( Locard 1886; Bouchet 1985), Greece ( Cosenza & Fasulo 1997), Gulf of Mexico ( Rosenberg et al. 2009), Hungary ( Strausz, 1954; Strausz 1966; Landau et al. 2006), Israel (Mediterranean) ( Albano et al. 2020), Italy ( Delle Chiaje 1828; Monterosato 1875; Harmer 1918; Richter & Thorson 1975; Landau et al. 2006; Vazzana 2010; Albano & Sabelli 2012), Lebanon ( Crocetta et al. 2020), Malta ( Cachia et al. 1996), Morocco (van der Linden 1998; Ardovini & Cossignani 2004), Poland ( Friedberg 1914; Baluk 1975; Landau et al. 2006), Portugal ( Landau et al. 2006), Portugal, Madeira (van der Linden 1998; Segers et al. 2009), Romania ( Landau et al. 2006), Senegal ( Ardovini & Cossignani 2004), Spain ( Harmer 1918; Templado 1986; Giribet & Peñas 1997; van der Linden 1998; Taruella Ruestes 2002; Landau et al. 2006; Peñas et al. 2006; Tarruella Ruestes & Soriano 2006; Oliver Baldoví 2007; Gofas et al. 2011), Spain, Canary Islands ( Fernandes & Rolán 1991; van der Linden 1998), Tunesia ( Bouchet 1985), Turkey ( Demir 2003), United Kingdom ( Jeffreys 1885; Harmer 1918; Bouchet 1985), United States, North Carolina ( Rosenberg et al. 2009).

Geological age. Holocene ( Landau et al. 2006), Pleistocene ( Harmer 1918; Landau et al. 2006; Landau et al. 2018), Pliocene ( Landau et al. 2006; Landau et al. 2018), Miocene ( Friedberg 1914; Baluk 1975; Landau et al. 2006; Landau et al. 2018).

Remarks. Rosenberg et al. (2009) recorded this species also for Cuba, Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina, and Dowgiallo (2004) recorded this species for the Bahamas; however, these identifications should be verified because they could be misidentifications of Cerithiopsis metaxae var. taeniolata Dall, 1889 . Murex metaxa was considered a nomen dubium by Marshall (1977) because of the lack of type material, but Bouchet (1985) selected a neotype from Calvi, Corsica. Monterosato realized himself shortly afterwards having introduced Cerithium benoitianum Monterosato, 1869 that it was a junior synonym of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828 . Cerithium subcylindricum Brusina, 1865 , Metaxia rugulosa var. exilissima Monterosato, 1884 and Cerithiopsis excavata Locard, 1897 are considered junior synonyms of Murex metaxa Delle Chiaje, 1828 ( Bouchet 1985) .

(†) Cerithiopsis metaxae var. taeniolata Dall, 1889

Cerithiopsis metaxae var. taeniolata Dall, 1889a: 256 .

Metaxia taeniolata (Dall, 1889) — Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 1992: 173, fig. 3, 8.

Type locality. United States, off North Carolina coast.

Type material. USNM 92743 , 92745 , 92746 , syntypes .

Distribution. Brazil ( Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Fernandes & Segadilha 2019; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Colombia ( Fernandes & Pimenta 2011), Cuba ( Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 1992; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011), Gulf of Mexico ( Rosenberg et al. 2009), United States, Florida ( Dall 1892; Camp et al. 1998; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011), United States, North Carolina ( Dall 1889a; Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), United States, Texas ( Fernandes & Pimenta 2011; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020).

Geological age. Pliocene ( Dall 1892).