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Taranis borealis

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Taranis borealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Senegal; also off Norway and Sweden.

References

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