Taranis (gastropod)

''Taranis '' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

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) ).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'' (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'' ic 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). . 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

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Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). ''Norwegian Mollusca''. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 438-448

Jousseaume 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]

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