Taranis aliena

Taranis aliena Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Taranis
Species:	†T. aliena
Binomial name
†Taranis aliena (Marwick, 1965)
Synonyms [1]
† Awateria (Mioawateria) aliena Marwick, 1965 (original combination)

Taranis aliena is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Upper Cenozoic strata of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

References

1. Taranis aliena (Marwick, 1965) . 20 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Marwick, J. (1965) Upper Cenozoic Mollusca of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 39, 1–83.
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.