Taranis benthicola

Taranis benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Taranis benthicola
Scientific classification Edit this 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

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern North and South Islands, Fiordland and Chatham Rise

References

  1. 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: 1โ€“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 196โ€“219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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