Biology:Taurasia
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
Taurasia | |
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Shell of Taurasia striata (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Taurasia Bellardi, 1882 |
Type species | |
† Purpura subfusiformis d'Orbigny, 1852 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Taurasia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Taurasia include:
- † Taurasia coronata Bellardi, 1882
- † Taurasia heteroclita (Grateloup, 1845)
- † Taurasia nodosa Bellardi, 1882
- † Taurasia pleurotoma (Grateloup, 1832)
- Taurasia striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 )[2]
- † Taurasia subfusiformis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- Synonyms
- † Taurasia niasensis Beets, 1985: synonym of † Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832)
- † Taurasia pendopoensis Beets, 1985: synonym of † Preangeria praeundosa (Vredenburg, 1924)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taurasia Bellardi, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Taurasia striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 ). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
- Raven, J.G.M. (H.). (2016). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 3. A revision of Taurasia (Gastropoda, Muricidae) and Preangeria (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) with comments on Semiricinula from NW Borneo. Vita Malacologica. 15: 77-104.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7688864 entry
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