Taranis aliena

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

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)

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Taranis aliena (Marwick, 1965) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831740 on 2020-02-16
  • 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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