''Taranis spirulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is

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to New Zealand and occurs off Taiaroa Heads, eastern

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, at a depth of 550 metres

References

* Dell R.K. 1962 ''Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand''. Records of the Dominion Museum, 4 (6) : 67-76. * Powell, A.W.B. 1979 ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells'', Collins, Auckland * Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). ''Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca''. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch

External links

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Powell, A. W. B. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The subfamily Turrinae concluded, Indo-Pacific mollusca. vol. 1, 1964

Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
spirulata Gastropods described in 1962 Gastropods of New Zealand {{Raphitomidae-stub