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Taranis aliena

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Taranis aliena
Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
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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
Binomial name
Taranis aliena
(Marwick, 1965)
Synonyms[1]

Awateria (Mioawateria) aliena Marwick, 1965 (original combination)

Taranis aliena is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Upper Cenozoic strata of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.