Taranis | |
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Drawing of a shell of Taranis gratiosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Taranis Jeffreys, 1870 |
Type species | |
Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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.