Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae

Taranis Jeffreys, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Taranis borealis Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Taranis laevisculpta Monterosato, 1880
Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)

Literature

original description	Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Norwegian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 438-448 [giugno].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Bartsch, P. (1944). Taranini. The Nautilus. 57(3): 107 [January].
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. (1991) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 5. Subfamily Taraninae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 32, 325–339.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taranis Jeffreys, 1870. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137830