Taurasia

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Taurasia
Taurasia striata (MNHN-IM-2000-255) 001.jpeg
Shell of Taurasia striata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Taurasia
Bellardi, 1882
Type species
Purpura subfusiformisd'Orbigny, 1852
Synonyms [1]
  • PurpurellaBellardi, 1882 (nvalid: junior homonym of PurpurellaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera] and PurpurellaDall, 1871)
  • SimplicotaurasiaSacco, 1890

Taurasia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Taurasia include:

Synonyms

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