Taranis borealis

Taranis borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranis
Species:
T. borealis
Binomial name
Taranis borealis
Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Synonyms[1]

Taranis parvulum Locard, 1897

Taranis borealis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1] It was first described by Philippe Bouchet and Anders Warén in their revision of North Atlantic Turridae.[2]

Description

The shell is small, thin and elongate, measuring between 2 mm and 3.5 mm in length.[1] The sculpture consists of fine spiral striae and weak axial ribs. The aperture is narrow, ending in a short siphonal canal. The protoconch is multispiral, indicating planktotrophic larval development.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in both temperate North Atlantic and eastern Atlantic waters. It has been recorded off Norway, Sweden, and the Bay of Biscay, and farther south off Senegal.[1] Specimens are usually collected from the continental shelf and slope at depths ranging from about 200 m to more than 1000 m.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Taranis borealis Bouchet & Warén, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Warén, Anders (1980). "Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies Supplement. 8: 1–119.
  3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Warén, Anders (1980). "Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae". Journal of Molluscan Studies Supplement. 8: 1–119.
  4. ^ 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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