Taranis benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Taranis benthicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Taranis |
| Species: | T. benthicola
|
| Binomial name | |
| Taranis benthicola (Dell, 1956)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Fenestrosyrinx benthicola Dell, 1956 | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2020) |
Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern North and South Islands, Fiordland and Chatham Rise
References edit
- ^ a b Taranis benthicola (Dell, 1956). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1–235.
- 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.
External links edit
- Powell, A. W. B. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The subfamily Turrinae concluded, Indo-Pacific mollusca. vol. 1, 1964
- 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
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Taranis benthicola
 | This Raphitomidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |