Genus of gastropods
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)
