Taranis granata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| shell of Taranis granata (specimen at the Australian Museum) | |
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. granata
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| Binomial name | |
| Taranis granata (Hedley, 1922)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
(Original description) The shell is relatively small, solid, ovate, and sharply gradate, with a uniform buff coloration. It consists of seven whorls, including the protoconch. The whorls are contracted at the suture, angled at the shoulder, rounded at the periphery, and slightly concave at the base.
Sculpture: The surface is reticulated by elevated, flat-topped spirals and radials, which are of equal prominence on the upper whorls, creating deep, square-shaped meshes. On the body whorl, there are about twenty-five radials, while the antepenultimate whorl has around twenty. These radials gradually diminish in size towards the anterior and disappear at the base. The body whorl features approximately seventeen spirals, not including a few minute interstitial threads. The penultimate whorl has three spirals, and the earlier whorls have two. The protoconch consists of two rounded whorls that appear smooth to the naked eye but reveal faint, minute oblique reticulation under high magnification. The aperture is incomplete in the only known specimen. [2]
Distribution
editThe holotype of this marine species was found off Queensland, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Taranis granata (Hedley, 1922). 20 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Hedley C. (1922). A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum. 13(6): 213-359
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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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