Taranis Jeffreys 1870

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

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]

• 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 (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 (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

• 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.
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