Taurasia
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 molluscs 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
- ^ a b 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
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- Bellardi, L. (1882). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte III. Gasteropoda (Buccinidae, Cyclopsidae, Purpuridae, Coralliophilidae, Olividae). Ermanno Loescher, Roma, Torino, Firenze; 253 pp., 12 pl
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