Taranis (gastropod)

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Taranis
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Drawing of a shell of Taranis gratiosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranis
Jeffreys, 1870
Type species
Trophon moerchii
Malm, 1861
Species

See text

Synonyms [1]
  • AlloJousseaume, 1934
  • FeliciellaLamy, 1934
  • FenestrosyrinxFinlay, 1926
  • Mangelia (Taranis)Jeffreys, 1870
  • Pleurotoma (Taranis)Jeffreys, 1870

Taranis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

Contents

This genus was formerly placed in subfamily Borsoniinae, family Turridae in Vaught (1989).

The name Taranis is the Latinised name of the Gallic thunder god Taran. It is therefore a masculine name.

Description

The species in this genus are characterized by the absence of a radula together with the loss or reduction of a number of other features of foregut anatomy (as described by Kantor & Sysoev (1989) ). [2] [3]

Species

Species within the genus Taranis include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Taranis Jeffreys, 1870 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 5. Subfamily Taraninae." Annals of the Natal Museum 32.1 (1991): 325-339
  3. ↑ KANTOR, Y. I. & SYSOEV, A. V. 1989. The morphology of toxoglossan gastropods lacking a radula, with a description of a new species and genus of Turridae. J. Moll. Stud. 55 (4): 537-549.
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