Taranis aliena is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Taranis aliena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Taranis |
| Species: | †T. aliena
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| Binomial name | |
| †Taranis aliena (Marwick, 1965)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Awateria (Mioawateria) aliena Marwick, 1965 (original combination) | |
Description
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Upper Cenozoic strata of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b Taranis aliena (Marwick, 1965). 20 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Marwick, J. (1965) Upper Cenozoic Mollusca of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 39, 1–83.
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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.
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