Taranis ticaonica
Appearance
Taranis ticaonica | |
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Shell of Taranis ticaonica (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Taranis |
Species: | T. ticaonica
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Binomial name | |
Taranis ticaonica Powell, 1967
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Taranis ticaonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and the Central-Western Pacific. They usually live in demersal, tropical areas.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Taranis ticaonica Powell, 1967. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Taranis ticaonica". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 409-443, pls 298-317
External links
[edit]- 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 ticaonica