''Taranis '' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
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
The radula (; : radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by mollusks for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters ...
together with the loss or reduction of a number of other features of foregut anatomy (as described by Kantor & Sysoev (1989) ).
[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.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Taranis '' include:
* ''
Taranis adenensis''
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
* † ''
Taranis aliena''
(Marwick, 1965)
* ''
Taranis allo''
(Lamy, 1934)
* ''
Taranis benthicola''
(Dell, 1956)
* ''
Taranis borealis''
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
* † ''
Taranis circumflexa''
(Hornung, 1920)
* ''
Taranis columbella''
Kilburn, 1991
* ''
Taranis granata''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Taranis gratiosa''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''
Taranis imporcata''
(Dell, 1962)
* ''
Taranis inkasa''
Kilburn, 1991
* ''
Taranis laevisculpta''
Monterosato, 1880
* ''
Taranis leptalea''
(Verrill, 1884)
* ''
Taranis mayi
''Taranis mayi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
(Original description) The shell is thin, oval, and white, co ...
''
(Verco, 1909)
* ''
Taranis miranda''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Taranis moerchii''
(Malm, 1861)
* ''
Taranis nexilis''
(Hutton, 1885)
* ''
Taranis panope''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Taranis percarinata''
Powell, 1967
* ''
Taranis rhytismeis''
(Melvill, 1910)
* ''
Taranis spirulata''
(Dell, 1962)
* ''
Taranis tanata''
Figueira & Absalão, 2010
* ''
Taranis ticaonica''
Powell, 1967
* ''
Taranis turritispira''
(Smith E. A., 1882)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Taranis aculeata''
May, 1915: synonym of ''
Nepotilla aculeata''
(May, 1915)
* ''Taranis albatrossi''
Nordsieck, 1971: synonym of ''
Drilliola emendata
''Drilliola emendata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The brown shell grows to a length of . The whorls show three cingulae and two lirae. The body whorl is spirally multicingulate a ...
''
(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
''Drilliola emendata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The brown shell grows to a length of . The whorls show three cingulae and two lirae. The body whorl is spirally multicingulate a ...
''
(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
''Mioawateria malmii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Taranis microscopica''
May, 1915: synonym of ''
Nepotilla microscopica''
(May, 1915) (original combination)
* ''Taranis moerchi''
ic synonym of ''Taranis moerchii''
(Malm, 1861)
* ''Taranis moerchii''
(Malm, 1861) sensu Dall, 1881: synonym of ''
Mioawateria malmii
''Mioawateria malmii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Taranis monterosatoi''
Locard, 1897: synonym of ''
Oenopota graphica''
(Locard, 1897)
* ''Taranis nezi''
Okutani, 1964: synonym of ''
Nepotilla nezi
''Taranis nezi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Nepotilla nezi (Okutani, 1964). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...
''
(Okutani, 1964)
* ''Taranis parvulum''
Locard, 1897: synonym of ''Taranis borealis''
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
* ''Taranis pulchella''
Verrill, 1880: synonym of ''
Drilliola loprestiana
''Drilliola loprestiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Taxonomy
Figueira & Absalão (2010) used the name ''Drilliola pulchella'' (Verrill, 1880) for the species generally known as ''Drilliola ...
''
(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
* 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). . 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.
uiyu(ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas''. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
*
Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). ''Norwegian Mollusca''. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 438-448Jousseaume F. (1934). ''Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge.'' [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy]. Journal de Conchyliologie. 78(1): 67-71* [https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_317 Kilburn, R.N. (1991) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 5. Subfamily Taraninae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 32, 325–339]
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae
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