Taranis (gastropod)

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

Taranis
Drawing of a shell of Taranis gratiosa
Scientific classification
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]
  • Allo Jousseaume, 1934
  • Feliciella Lamy, 1934
  • Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
  • Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870

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
  • Taranis aculeata May, 1915: synonym of Nepotilla aculeata (May, 1915)
  • Taranis albatrossi Nordsieck, 1971: synonym of Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872)
  • Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896: synonym of Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)
  • Taranis amoena G.O. Sars, 1878: synonym of Nepotilla amoena (Sars G. O., 1878)
  • Taranis amphitrites Kilburn, 1991: synonym of Taranidaphne amphitrites Morassi & Bonfitto, 2001
  • Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862): synonym of Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)
  • Taranis corneus Okutani, 1966: synonym of Cryptogemma cornea (Okutani, 1966)
  • Taranis demersa Tiberi, 1868: synonym of Taranis moerchi (Malm, 1861)
  • Taranis emendata Monterosato, 1872: synonym of Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872)
  • Taranis japonicus Okutani, 1964: synonym of Cryptogemma japonica (Okutani, 1964)
  • Taranis jousseaumei Lamy, 1934: synonym of Taranis allo (Jousseaume, 1934)
  • Taranis malmii (Dall, 1889): synonym of Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889)
  • Taranis microscopica May, 1915: synonym of Nepotilla microscopica (May, 1915) (original combination)
  • Taranis moerchi [sic]: synonym of Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)
  • Taranis monterosatoi Locard, 1897: synonym of Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897)
  • Taranis nezi Okutani, 1964: synonym of Nepotilla nezi (Okutani, 1964)
  • Taranis parvulum Locard, 1897: synonym of Taranis borealis Bouchet & Warén, 1980
  • Taranis pulchella Verrill, 1880: synonym of Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841)
  • Taranis tholoides Watson, 1882 : synonym of Kryptos tholoides (Watson, 1882)
  • Taranis thomsoni Mestayer, 1919: synonym of Taranis nexilis bicarinata (Suter, 1915)
  • Taranis tornata Verrill, 1884 : synonym of Taranis moerchi tornata Verrill, 1884
  • Taranis zeuxippe Dall, 1919: synonym of Microdrillia zeuxippe (Dall, 1919)

References
  1. 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.
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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