Taranis imporcata

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

Taranis imporcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranis
Species:
T. imporcata
Binomial name
Taranis imporcata
(Dell, 1962)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fenestrosyrinx imporcata Dell, 1962

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Taiaroa Heads, eastern Otago at a depth of 550 metres

References

  1. Taranis imporcata (Dell, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • 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.
  • Powell, A. W. B. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The subfamily Turrinae concluded, Indo-Pacific mollusca. vol. 1, 1964
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • 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


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