Taranis leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Taranis leptalea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Taranis |
| Species: | T. leptalea
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| Binomial name | |
| Taranis leptalea (Verrill, 1884)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sipho leptaleus Verrill, 1884 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species was found off New England, USA
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Taranis leptalea (Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531006 on 2020-02-20
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
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