Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Author Bakker, Piet A. J. 0000-0003-4683-2083 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands. hannco.bakker@naturalis.nl Author Albano, Paolo G. 0000-0003-4683-2083 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy. hannco.bakker@naturalis.nl text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-11 5088 1 1 216 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1 1175-5326 5836536 904D8C6D-A0C0-4D5A-960F-AEBACE141DF0 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.).